Pharma promises lawmakers, again and again, industry won’t cut corners with Covid-19 vaccines
The pharmaceutical industry does not want you to worry about the safety or efficacy of…
Year: 2020
New study takes closer look at how environment affects daily life of sloths
Scientists studying brown-throated three-toed sloths, where predators are extinct and food is more accessible, have…
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‘Lost’ world’s rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets
The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a…
Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients
A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to…
Droplet biosensing method opens the door for faster identification of COVID-19
Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive biosensing method that could dramatically shorten the amount of time…
Front-line physicians stressed and anxious at work and home
Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the…
Trust pays over {pound}30m to 7 year old boy who was severely brain damaged at birth
A 7 year old boy who was severely brain damaged at birth has received a…
Public health group calls for standardized data collection to more clearly track Covid-19
In a new review of the Covid-19 response across the country, a group of public…
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David Oliver: Why would Number 10 propose an NHS power grab?
On 10 July the Guardian’s Denis Campbell headlined with “Boris Johnson plans radical shake-up of…
Clare Gerada: We must not rush back to business as usual
As we come to the end of the first phase of the covid pandemic it…
Helen Salisbury: Timing is everything
Timing is famously important in comedy and in music, but it also matters in medicine….
Actual Covid-19 case count could be 6 to 24 times higher than official estimates, CDC study shows
The true number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. could be anywhere from six to…
Spinal stimulators repurposed to restore touch in lost limb
Devices commonly implanted for chronic pain could expand patient access to prosthetic arms that ”feel.”…
3D hand-sensing wristband signals future of wearable tech
In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers have designed a wrist-mounted device that…
Powerful human-like hands create safer human-robotics interactions
A team of engineers designed and developed a novel humanoid hand that may be able…
STAT+ Conversations: AI’s march into the clinic
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded above at 1 p.m. ET…
Doctors in England and Wales get 2.8% pay rise
Hospital doctors and salaried GPs in England will receive a 2.8% pay rise backdated to…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Covid-19 vaccines may need two doses; lawmakers grilling pharma execs own their stocks
Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here again, subbing for the vacationing Ed Silverman as the week…
STAT Plus: CytoDyn’s Covid-19 drug troubles escalate: Efficacy data are missing from study
CytoDyn released safety data on its experimental drug for Covid-19 on Tuesday, but efficacy data…
Anosmia and loss of smell in the era of covid-19
What you need to knowHalf of patients with covid-19 may lose sense of smell; guidance…
NICE advises against using graded exercise therapy for patients recovering from covid-19
Graded exercise therapy may not be appropriate for treating post-viral fatigue in patients recovering from…
STAT Plus: Cancer startup aims precision medicine at rare genetic driver
A company focused on developing precision medicines to treat patients whose cancers are driven by…
Covid-19: Prisons exposed in Brazil’s crisis
In the two months since Brazil became the country second most affected by the covid-19…
Lessons from Ebola as DRC grapples with conflict, measles, and covid-19
The world’s second largest Ebola outbreak is over. An outbreak that began on 1 August…
Risks of reacting to risk: rights and wrongs of health checks at 25 for BAME groups
MPs are considering reducing the age at which NHS health checks begin for black, Asian,…
Covid-19: Shielding doctors express concerns about returning to work
Doctors who have been shielding during the covid-19 pandemic have said they are worried for…
Opinion: Lower the cost of producing doctors, not just the price of going to medical school
Medicine has become a profession accessible mainly to the rich. Just look at the price…
Opinion: Chronic fatigue syndrome may hold keys to understanding post-Covid syndrome
Some survivors of acute bouts of Covid-19 experience a range of persistent medical issues —…
Dermatology faces a reckoning: Lack of darker skin in textbooks and journals harms care for patients of color
When dermatologist Jenna Lester learned that rashes on skin and toes were a symptom of…
Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy – CNN
Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy CNN Nicki Minaj announces she’s pregnant, reveals baby bump photos USA TODAY Nicki…
With a Funded Internship, Griffin Marshall ’21 Seeks An Alternative Treatment for Aquaculture – Bowdoin News
With a Funded Internship, Griffin Marshall ’21 Seeks An Alternative Treatment for Aquaculture Bowdoin News Read…
New model connects respiratory droplet physics with spread of Covid-19
Respiratory droplets from a cough or sneeze travel farther and last longer in humid, cold…
STAT Plus: Many drug companies working on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments are lobbying harder than usual
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical companies racing to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines have upped their lobbying…
Acadia fails in attempt to expand use of antipsychotic to treat patients with depression
Acadia Pharmaceuticals reported negative results Monday from a pair of late-stage clinical trials seeking to…
Mutant zebrafish reveals a turning point in spine’s evolution
A chance mutation that led to spinal defects in a zebrafish has opened a little…
New Pain Definition Aims to Better Comprehend, Treat Those Whose Pain Is Not Visible
Chronic pain is often misunderstood because it often isn’t related to a specific tissue or…
Rebuilding Healthy Kids: Getting Them Active Again
How healthy are America’s children? According to a statement issued earlier today by the American…
STAT Plus: FDA extends deadline for stem cell clinics to comply with drug development rules
The Food and Drug Administration has pushed back by six months the deadline by which…
Plant roots increase carbon emission from permafrost soils
A key uncertainty in climate projections is the amount of carbon emitted by thawing permafrost…
CDC Reminds Us How to Do it Right: Social Distancing Guide
Social distancing is an important aspect in staying as save as we can amid the…
Covid-19: UK agrees “early access” deal with companies to get 90 million vaccine doses
The UK government has agreed a deal with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to get “early…
Acne Troubles? You May Want to Watch What You Eat
Are acne and “bad skin” making you self-conscious? Do you think you’ve tried everything? Rethinking…
Covid-19: Study reveals six clusters of symptoms that could be used as a clinical prediction tool
An analysis of data obtained from a symptom tracker app has shown that there are…
A new idea on how Earth’s outer shell first broke into tectonic plates
Plate tectonics theory posits that Earth’s outer shell is subdivided into plates that move relative…
The Azores: Exotic insect species increase on islands through human impact
A new study reveals that the diversity of exotic species of insects, spiders and other…
A new species of darkling beetle larvae that degrade plastic
A research team confirms biodegradation of polystyrene using darkling beetle larvae found in Korea. Read…
Study provides first glimpse of efficacy of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and the drug giant AstraZeneca generated an…
Covid-19: England could need another lockdown in winter, say government’s chief advisers
England could require another national lockdown during the winter because of the prevalence of flu…
Simple test helps to predict and prevent falls
Scientists have developed a simple clinical test that can assess the lower limb strength of…
A plot twist in pharmaceuticals: Single nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand
For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterized in…