STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Biden-aligned group releases drug-pricing plan; U.S. to ship Covid-19 vaccines lickety-split
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Most days are quite…
Month: September 2020
Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day
COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering…
COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, finds new study
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty – deprived…
Covid-19: Universal screening is likely to miss infected people, review finds
One time screening for SARS-CoV-2 in apparently healthy people is likely to miss those who…
Rising numbers of positive covid-19 tests in the UK
The covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world. In addition to the direct consequences of the…
STAT Plus: Biden-aligned group outlines potential Day 1 drug pricing actions
WASHINGTON — A leading think tank aligned with the Democratic Party is laying the groundwork…
Blatant disregard to proper consent continues in screening programmes
Haskell tells us that the Cumberlege report found that the healthcare system was “disjointed, siloed,…
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Opinion: A vaccine alone won’t stop Covid-19. We also need a trusted plan for it
Safe and effective vaccines represent the most effective way to restore the health and economic…
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‘They are really afraid’: Fears about Covid-19 are complicating care for patients with sickle cell
Last November, just as the novel coronavirus was beginning its deadly trajectory through China, the…
Do many people have pre-existing immunity to covid-19?
Even in local areas that have experienced some of the greatest rises in excess deaths…
A few tiny steps towards transparency: how the Sunshine Act shone light on industry’s influence in medicine
About 10 years ago President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. It included a…
Surgery during covid-19: co-producing patient resources
Mary Venn: Covid-19 research changing the pace in patient engagementCovidSurg is an international collaborative of…
Covid-19: Flying before we can walk
In the week since The BMJ broke the story about the government’s Operation Moonshot plans…
Computerised clinical decision support systems and absolute improvements in care: meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials
AbstractObjectiveTo report the improvements achieved with clinical decision support systems and examine the heterogeneity from…
Anti-epileptic drugs in fathers . . . and other stories
Paternal exposure to anti-epileptic drugsMaternal exposure to anti-epileptic drugs during pregnancy carries a risk of…
How effective are clinical decision support systems?
The linked meta-analysis (doi:10.1136/bmj.m3216) by Kwan and colleagues of 122 trials of clinical decision support…
Plans to record pregnant women’s alcohol consumption in England criticised – The Guardian
Plans to record pregnant women’s alcohol consumption in England criticised The Guardian Fury over plans that…
T cells take the lead in controlling SARS-CoV-2 and reducing COVID-19 disease severity
A multi-layered, virus-specific immune response is important for controlling SARS-CoV-2 during the acute phase of…
As pandemic progressed, people’s perceived risks went up
A recent study documents how personal risk assessment and protective behaviors are linked. Read Original…
The global fight to keep schools open, and safe from COVID
Many countries still have COVID-19 related restrictions on social gatherings, but the UN system is…
UN Secretary-General’s opening remarks at press conference
UN Secretary-General’s opening remarks at #UNGA press conference, on 16 September 2020 Read Original Article:…
News in Brief 16 September 2020
Guterres speaks out in support of affordable COVID vaccine for all Ozone treaties ‘inspiring examples’ of…
Peninsula Wellness opens new holistic health campus, cannabis dispensary – 47abc – WMDT
Peninsula Wellness opens new holistic health campus, cannabis dispensary – 47abc WMDT Read Original Article: Peninsula…
Anything Technologies Media Inc. Board Approves Company Name Change to Alternative Wellness Health, Inc. – GlobeNewswire
Anything Technologies Media Inc. Board Approves Company Name Change to Alternative Wellness Health, Inc. GlobeNewswire Read…
Protect lives, mitigate future shocks and recover better: UN-wide COVID-19 response
Over the course of 2020 thus far, the coronavirus has taken hundreds of thousands of…
Massive Drop in Lead Testing Threatens Children’s Health
Medical screenings have fallen to the wayside during the COVID-19 pandemic. One alarming trend is…
How to Navigate School Sports in a Pandemic
Despite close quarters, high levels of perspiration and possible coronavirus contamination, many schools and colleges…
STAT Plus: The cost of Gilead’s HIV prevention pill thwarted widespread use, study finds
The escalating cost of the only HIV prevention pill may have been a key factor…
STAT Plus: In research on pigs, scientists test a new way to boost recovery after a heart attack
Scientists have developed a new strategy that uses exosomes — tiny, RNA-loaded packets that cells…
People’s life goals relate to their personality type
A new study suggests that for the most part, people formulate goals consistent with their…
Epidemics and pandemics can exacerbate xenophobia, bigotry
Instincts developed to protect us from illnesses can generalize into avoidance of healthy individuals who…
World’s oldest animal sperm found in tiny crustaceans trapped in Myanmar amber
New research has led to the discovery of world’s oldest animal sperm inside a tiny…
Can life survive a star’s death? Webb telescope can reveal the answer
When stars like our sun die, all that remains is an exposed core — a…
UN chief: COVID-19 vaccine must be affordable and available to all
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic continues to top a long list of global concerns, the UN chief told journalists on Wednesday, noting that “the grimmest of milestones” is…
STAT Plus: With Grail in its sights, Illumina pursues grand vision that could reshape the business of cancer diagnoses
Illumina, the dominant maker of machines to sequence DNA, is in talks to purchase Grail,…
Opinion: Trump’s ‘most favored nation’ executive order on drug prices is a scam for seniors
The White House announced a most favored nations executive order on Sunday, its latest attempt…
Security software for autonomous vehicles
Before autonomous vehicles participate in road traffic, they must demonstrate conclusively that they do not…
Enormous planet quickly orbiting a tiny, dying star
Thanks to a bevy of telescopes in space and on Earth — and even a…
Paying GP clinics to provide contraceptive advice is linked to fewer abortions, study finds
A scheme that paid general practices to offer information on long acting contraceptives (LARCs), such…
Venezuela abuses amounted to crimes against humanity: UN-appointed panel
Grave rights violations against anti-government protesters in Venezuela, “amounted to crimes against humanity”, UN-appointed rights investigators…
Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing
Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms…
Researchers: No Secrets Allowed With COVID-19 Trials
Researchers say the usual, keep everything secret about a clinical trial do not apply to…
A new discovery in regenerative medicine
Researchers have made an unexpected world-first stem cell discovery that may lead to new treatments…
“Mass hysterectomies” were carried out on migrants in US detention centre, claims whistleblower
Detainees held in an immigration centre in the US have been subjected to potentially unnecessary…
Covid 19: Science must come first with vaccine, says former CDC chief
A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called for…
Modern theory from ancient impacts
It is generally accepted that the inner region of the early solar system was subject…
Unraveling a spiral stream of dusty embers from a massive binary stellar forge
With almost two decades of mid-infrared imaging from the largest observatories around the world including…
Paleontology: The oldest known sperm cells
An international team of paleontologists has discovered giant sperm cells in a 100-million year-old female…
Choosing the right cover crop to protect the soil
Research helps farmers pick the best cover crops to keep their soil and nutrients in…
Better material for wearable biosensors
Researchers have used electrospinning to make porous silicone that allows sweat to evaporate. Read Original…