Covid-19: Government faces legal action over contract for antibody tests
The non-profit organisation the Good Law Project has been given the go ahead to mount…
Month: April 2021
Group issues plea to PM over “wall of hearts” memorial
bmj;373/apr13_7/n947/FAF1faWill RoseBereaved families are asking the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, to allow the National…
U.S. urges pause on use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after rare blood clotting cases
Federal authorities on Tuesday recommended that states stop using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine while…
Covid-19: EU investigates four reports of blood clots after Janssen vaccine
The European Medicines Agency is investigating four reported cases of unusual blood clots with low…
Covid-19: Colleges publish guidance after patients attend A&E with vaccine concerns
A group of royal colleges has produced guidance for doctors seeing patients who have concerns…
Assessing risk for healthcare workers during the pandemic: don’t forget workplace safety committees or aerosol generating procedures
Khunti and colleagues advocate integrating “the workplace, the workforce, and the individual” in “assessing risk…
Low numbers of disabled doctors mean potential loss of insightful care for everyone
The BMA report Disability in the medical profession: survey findings 2020 highlights the fact that…
Opinion: Building the perfect wearable for clinical trials
The pace of innovation in wearable technology has never been faster. As often as once…
Opinion: No evidence that patents slow access to vaccines
At this point in the exhausting and deadly Covid-19 pandemic, people around the globe are…
STAT+: Europe tries to lower drug prices with small doses of transparency
For countries in Europe, negotiating a deal with a pharma company over drug prices is…
Huntington’s community grieves not just one therapeutic setback, but two
For the community of people affected by Huntington’s disease — a group that is no…
PhRMA’s new message to Washington: Don’t take us for granted
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical companies have a frank new message for Washington: Don’t take us for…
Review ‘disproportionate and unwarranted’ measures, rights experts urge Cambodia
United Nations independent human rights experts on Monday called for the review of new legal…
Littleton mom treated for cancer during pregnancy has warning for others – FOX 31 Denver
Littleton mom treated for cancer during pregnancy has warning for others FOX 31 Denver Read Original…
Maternity Leave Pay: Attention New Moms, Get Paid in 2021 & Beyond With A Newborn
The post Maternity Leave Pay: Attention New Moms, Get Paid in 2021 & Beyond With…
News in Brief 12 April 2021
UK armed forces legislation sparks warning from rights chief Chagas Disease initiative to protect millions in…
Ocean bacteria release carbon into the atmosphere
Researchers have discovered that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks, releasing excess carbon into the ocean…
Best Insurance Alternatives in 2021 • Benzinga – Benzinga
Best Insurance Alternatives in 2021 • Benzinga Benzinga Read Original Article: Best Insurance Alternatives in 2021…
What is Perimenopause?
You may have read about a condition called estrogen dominance. This theory, proposed in a…
Road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies
When winter storms threaten to make travel dangerous, people often turn to salt to melt…
STAT+: Federal agency says pharma should pay higher Medicaid rebates if certain trials aren’t finished on time
In a bid to lower prescription drug costs, a federal agency is recommending pharmaceutical companies…
Spanking may affect the brain development of a child
A new study linking spanking and child brain development shows spanking could alter a child’s…
Unusual fossil reveals last meal of prehistoric pollinator
An amber fossil of a Cretaceous beetle has shed some light on the diet of…
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COVID ‘long way from over’ as cases and deaths surge – WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over” but there are many reasons to…
A multidimensional view of the coronavirus
What exactly happens when the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects a cell? New research paints a comprehensive…
Feces core records 4,300 years of bat diet and environment
A 2-meter guano pile holds information about changes in climate and how the bats’ food…
Early cannabis use linked to heart disease
Smoking cannabis when you’re young may increase your risk of developing heart disease later, according…
Biologists investigate effects of bisphenols on nerve cells
Bisphenols contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans, biologists warn….
Pain receptors linked to the generation of energy-burning brown fat cells
A new source of energy expending brown fat cells has been uncovered by researchers, which…
UK armed forces bill would limit war crimes accountability: UN rights chief
Legislation under consideration in the UK regarding armed forces personnel could limit accountability for war…
Reporting of AstraZeneca studies may have caused vaccine reservations
Abbasi asks whether the negativity towards the AstraZeneca vaccine in the European Union is a…
Major risk of injury for recreational runners
Almost half of all recreational runners incur injuries, mostly relating to knees, calves or Achilles…
Lighting the way to folding next-level origami
Synthetic biologists along with structural biologists have explored ways to fold artificial proteins into diverse…
The indestructible light beam
For any disordered medium (such as a sugar cube, for example), special light waves can…
New Jurassic flying reptile reveals the oldest opposed thumb
A new 160-million-year-old arboreal pterosaur species, dubbed ‘Monkeydactyl’, has the oldest true opposed thumb –…
Speeding up sequence alignment across the tree of life
A team of researchers develops new search capabilities that will allow to compare the biochemical…
Life on Venus? First we need to know more about molecules in the atmosphere
To confirm life on other planets, we need to detect far more molecules in their…
Covid-19: Budesonide shortens recovery time in patients not admitted to hospital, study finds
Inhaled budesonide, a common corticosteroid used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, can…
STAT+: Microsoft to buy Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion
Microsoft announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire Burlington-based artificial intelligence and technology…
STAT+: Cavazzoni to take over influential spot atop FDA drug center
WASHINGTON — Patrizia Cavazzoni has been named the permanent leader of the FDA’s Center for…
Covid-19: Rare immune response may cause clots after AstraZeneca vaccine, say researchers
Two teams of researchers have published detailed observations of patients who developed thrombotic thrombocytopenia after…
Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age mass extinction
Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Regeneron antibody reduced Covid-19 infection risk; variant first seen in South Africa can somewhat ‘break through’ Pfizer shot
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Sixty seconds on . . . a covid-19 inquiry
Surely it’s not the right time?That’s what Prime Minister Boris Johnson said when he committed…
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Overcoming spectrum bias for accurate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates
Repeated population based SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies provide evidence on how immunity develops in a population….
Making music from spider webs
Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs. If humans…
New CAR T approach minimizes resistance, helps avoid relapse in non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma
Early results from a new, pioneering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell immunotherapy trial found…
Immune-stimulating drug before surgery shows promise in early-stage pancreatic cancer
Giving early-stage pancreatic cancer patients a CD40 immune-stimulating drug helped jumpstart a T cell attack…
STAT+: Amazon established a foothold in diagnostics during Covid-19. Now it’s doubling down
Vin Gupta’s hiring in January 2020 could not have come at a better time for…
STAT+: Sage drug reduces muscle tremor but with significant side effects, study results show
Sage Therapeutics said Monday that its experimental pill was more effective than a placebo in…