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Key Takeaways: Bristol Myers (BMY) is making significant strides in the field of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment. The company is currently advancing an LPA1R antagonist through a substantial Phase 3 trial, with results anticipated in the latter half of 2026. This progress highlights the potential turnaround in a field once considered challenging for drug development,…

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The footage shows lava bursting from the volcano. India’s only active volcano has erupted twice within a span of eight days, making headlines across the country and beyond. The rare phenomenon took place on the uninhabited Barren Island, situated in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been tested worldwide to date. The test sites remain contaminated, and many residents are ill. Here is one example from the South Pacific.”For 30 years, we were France’s guinea pigs,” says Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross, a young member of parliament from French Polynesia. This South Pacific archipelago — a French overseas territory that includes Tahiti and is famed for its white beaches, swaying palms, and turquoise waters — is often romanticized as a paradise. But beneath the idyllic image lies a painful legacy: decades of nuclear testing and its enduring consequences. Between 1966 and 1996, the French military detonated 193 nuclear bombs on the remote atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa. These tests were carried out in Ma’ohi Nui, as the territory is known to its indigenous inhabitants. The first explosion, codenamed ‘Aldébaran,’ took place on July 2, 1966 — marking the beginning of a long chapter that would leave deep scars on the land and its people. In 2025, Morgant-Cross jour

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The OncoGuide OncoScreen Plus CDx System, developed by Riken Genesis in collaboration with Burning Rock Biotech, has been approved for manufacturing and marketing by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. This system, based on OncoScreen Plus, is set to be used as a companion diagnostic specifically for AstraZeneca’s (AZN, Financial) drug, capivasertib. This approval…

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Microsoft’s plan to halt updates for its Windows 10 operating system in mid-October has raised hackles among campaign groups and left some users worried they must buy new computers to be safe from cyberattacks. Here is what you need to know about the planned end of support for the software. What happens on October 14? Computers running Microsoft’s 2015-vintage Windows 10 will receive no further updates from the American tech giant from October 14. Such downloads were used to “regularly patch (update) the operating system because it had become the target of many cyberattacks”, said Martin Kraemer, a computer security expert with American firm KnowBe4. What does this mean for users? Microsoft has urged its customers to upgrade to the latest version of its operating system: Windows 11, released in 2021. But the company is also offering a $30 one-year extension of Windows 10 security updates for users whose computer hardware is not compatible with the new operating system. Consumer groups have blasted the move. “

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