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Jemulpo-gu District to Offer Free Influenza Vaccinations for All Residents Starting Oct. 22
Jemulpo-gu District (Mayor Kim Chan-jin) in Incheon announced that it will provide free influenza vaccinations to all residents starting Oct. 22 at 50 designated medical institutions within the district. The key feature of this year's prog…
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Jemulpo-gu District Launches ‘Red Circle Campaign’ to Prevent Cardio-Cerebrovascular Disease
Jemulpo-gu District (Mayor Kim Chan-jin) in Incheon and Inha University Hospital’s Incheon Regional Cardio-Cerebrovascular Center will run a monthlong campaign to prevent cardio-cerebrovascular disease, timed to coincide with Prevention an…
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Key ‘Master Switch’ Breaking the Alzheimer’s Vicious Cycle Found — ERBB4 Identified
A South Korean research team has identified 'ERBB4', a key regulatory factor that sequentially aggravates the diverse pathologies of Alzheimer's disease. By controlling a single target, the team has opened the door to a new therapeutic str…
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Incheon Launches Student-Led ‘Zero Food Poisoning’ Campaign Ahead of New Semester
Incheon Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Chan-dae) is rolling out a food poisoning prevention campaign led by students themselves ahead of the new semester. The city announced that it will carry out the food poisoning prevention campaign toge…
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Incheon to Open Slaughterhouse an Hour Earlier Ahead of Chuseok
Incheon Metropolitan City will move up the opening time of its local slaughterhouse to 7 a.m., one hour earlier, from August 24 to prepare for the sharp rise in meat consumption during the Chuseok peak season. The city says it aims to ensu…
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Ongjin-gun County Raises Awareness of Early Symptoms of Cerebrocardiovascular Disease with ‘Walk-On Red Circle Challenge’
Ongjin-gun County (Governor Jang Jeong-min) is launching a campaign to raise residents' awareness of the early symptoms of cerebrocardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke through the practice of walking. The Ongjin-…
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Ganghwa-gun Completes Musculoskeletal Hazard Survey… Tailored Improvements Pushed for 13 Work Processes
Ganghwa-gun has completed a hazard survey covering 119 work processes across 18 departments to prevent musculoskeletal disorders among on-site workers at public offices, and has begun process-specific tailored measures for the 13 processes…
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IBS Develops ‘Molecular Editing’ Technique That Freely Redesigns Even Complex Drugs
A new synthetic method that allows the structure of pyridine compounds — the most widely used building blocks in pharmaceuticals — to be readily rearranged has been developed by a Korean research team. By altering only the position of the …
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Heat and Odor Tackled Together… Rural Development Administration Inspects ‘AI Smart Livestock’ at a Pig Farm
The National Institute of Animal Science under the Rural Development Administration has launched on-site technical support to help pig farms curb both livestock deaths and barn odor during the ongoing heat wave. On August 11, Cho Yong-min,…
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In viruses’ ‘RNA protection strategy,’ a key to boosting mRNA therapeutics is found
The 'genetic-information survival strategies' that viruses have mastered over millions of years of evolution have been elucidated on a large scale. These are regulatory principles that extend the lifespan of RNA and dramatically increase p…
