Vaccinating children against SARS-CoV-2
Following widespread vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 of older adults and other highly vulnerable groups, some high…
Month: May 2021
Covid-19: Why we must temper urgency with diligence
How should we balance the need for speed with our duty towards care and rigour?…
Hearing loss, exercise, . . . and other stories
Hearing loss and physical activityOlder people with hearing loss engage in less physical activity than…
Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England: test negative case-control study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the real world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Oxford-AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S vaccines against…
Pandemic lessons from India
In January 2021, global observers marvelled at India’s smooth passage through the first wave of…
STAT+: Fibrogen’s data manipulation scandal came with questions. There need to be answers
Fibrogen is reeling from the worst case of data manipulation in years, but six weeks…
Opinion: STAT+: The many benefits of expanding the reach of state all-payer claims databases
Appointments to the newly created State All Payer Claims Databases Advisory Committee in March were…
Opinion: Let’s banish the term ‘patient’ from the health care lexicon
Almost every industry has changed the term for the people they serve. We are now…
STAT+: Most Americans believe Biden is correct to support an IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines
Nearly two in three Americans believe the Biden administration is correct to support a waiver…
Vaccines seem to work well against coronavirus variants. It’s also complicated
The question about how Covid-19 vaccines stand up to coronavirus variants often gets distilled to:…
The success of a novel scoliosis surgery hinges on when growth spurts hit. Can new tools better predict them?
Mia Schloegel was 11 when they found the curve in her spine. She was at…
First Person: ‘God save us from famine’
The conflict in Yemen forced Asia El-Sayeed Ali and her family from her home in…
Afghanistan: Top UN officials strongly condemn ‘heinous’ attack on girls school
Two senior UN officials on Wednesday, condemned in the strongest terms, a terrorist attack targeting girls and their families outside a high school in Kabul,…
How yoga can support you during pregnancy – Happiful Magazine
How yoga can support you during pregnancy Happiful Magazine Read Original Article: How yoga can support…
Shark Tank, Northwest-Style: Startup Finalists Selected for TechfestNW – Willamette Week
Shark Tank, Northwest-Style: Startup Finalists Selected for TechfestNW Willamette Week Read Original Article: Shark Tank, Northwest-Style:…
Prenatal Testing Startup Juno Diagnostics Closes $25M Series A Financing Round – GenomeWeb
Prenatal Testing Startup Juno Diagnostics Closes $25M Series A Financing Round GenomeWeb Read Original Article: Prenatal…
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Market Size Worth $6.56 Billion By 2028 | CAGR: 11.0%: Polaris Market Research – PRNewswire
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Market Size Worth $6.56 Billion By 2028 | CAGR: 11.0%: Polaris Market…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Back to Mogadishu: one Somali doctor’s good news story
In this week’s UN Catch-Up: would you return to your war-shattered country to help rebuild…
News in Brief 12 May 2021
Independent COVID probe urges overhaul of pandemic prevention UN call for Middle East calm to…
Are More Non-MDs Trying to Compete With Docs? – Medscape
Are More Non-MDs Trying to Compete With Docs? Medscape Read Original Article: Are More Non-MDs Trying…
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Alternative & Complementary Medicine Market Research Report – United States Forecast to 2025 – Cumulative Impact of COVID-19 – Yahoo Finance
Alternative & Complementary Medicine Market Research Report – United States Forecast to 2025 – Cumulative…
Some Northeast Ohioans turn to controversial drug as an alternative to COVID-19 vaccine – WKYC.com
Some Northeast Ohioans turn to controversial drug as an alternative to COVID-19 vaccine WKYC.com Read Original…
AMP Alternative Medical Products : Launches HANAFSAN Branded CBD Cannabis Cosmetics Products in Germany – marketscreener.com
AMP Alternative Medical Products : Launches HANAFSAN Branded CBD Cannabis Cosmetics Products in Germany marketscreener.com Read…
Tarrant County Planning To Use Mental Health Diversion Centers As Alternative To Jail – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Tarrant County Planning To Use Mental Health Diversion Centers As Alternative To Jail CBS Dallas /…
Tarrant County Leaders Eyeing ‘Jail Diversion’ Center Aimed at Providing Mental Health Services – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Tarrant County Leaders Eyeing ‘Jail Diversion’ Center Aimed at Providing Mental Health Services NBC 5 Dallas-Fort…
PAHO steps up assistance to help countries cope with shortages of oxygen and health workers – World – ReliefWeb
PAHO steps up assistance to help countries cope with shortages of oxygen and health workers…
Leyden Selectboard, Board of Health say ‘no’ to state’s mosquito control program – The Recorder
Leyden Selectboard, Board of Health say ‘no’ to state’s mosquito control program The Recorder Read Original…
How Does Caffeine Affect The Brain and the Brain’s Grey Matter?
Caffeine is a naturally occurring substance found in coffee, tea, cola, and chocolate. [1] People…
Measuring blood sugar in real time is a game changer for patients — and a health tech success story
Kylene Redmond and Deb Foerster both are converts to their continuous glucose monitors, quarter-size devices…
There’s a gold rush in health tech. Here’s how the smart money stays ahead
Investors are pouring into the health tech sector, with venture funding roughly doubling in 2020….
How Cityblock Health is tapping into technology to better care for Medicaid patients
Health tech startup Cityblock Health, with its mission of delivering stepped-up primary care to Medicaid…
STAT+: A clinical trial coordinator is indicted for falsifying data in a Glaxo asthma drug study
A former study coordinator at a company hired to run a clinical trial of a…
CDC advisory group gives green light to Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for adolescents
An expert panel on Wednesday recommended that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine be offered to adolescents between…
Iraq: New UN report shines light on ‘deeply worrying’ pattern of restrictions in Kurdistan
Over the past year, freedom of expression in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been…
Study reveals structure of key receptors involved in memory and learning
Scientists have for the first time revealed the structure surrounding important receptors in the brain’s…
Study finds six degrees celsius cooling on land during the last Ice Age
Researchers show that prior studies have underestimated the cooling in the last glacial period, which…
Interactive typeface for digital text
Researchers have developed a computer font that adapts its appearance based on the user’s interaction…
Scientists design new drug compound to stop malaria in its tracks
Researchers have designed a drug-like compound which effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria…
STAT+: ‘More Amazon and less pharmacy’: one exec on the company’s strategy for prescription drugs
Amazon’s objectives for its nascent pharmacy business are straightforward: “better selection, better convenience, and better…
Prehistoric horses, bison shared diet
Researchers found that a broader diversity of plants in the Arctic 40,000 years ago supported…
A long-lasting, stable solid-state lithium battery
Researchers have designed a stable, lithium-metal solid state battery that can be charged and discharged…
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Scientists have identified the fossil of a giant mosasaur in Morocco that grew up to…
Government should commit to making GP premises carbon neutral by 2030, say leaders
Local medical committees have urged the UK government to commit to making general practice premises…
Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures
A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end…
STAT+: Watch: Former Google CEO Schmidt opens up on health data privacy and the future of tech in medicine
In a wide-ranging and forthcoming interview, Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO who helped steer…
Queen’s speech “lacks detail” on safe staffing, public health, social care reform, and covid inquiry
The UK government is facing criticism over gaps in commitments made in the Queen’s speech…
STAT+: Ginkgo plans a $17.5 billion merger with SPAC that took DraftKings public
Ginkgo Bioworks, one of the hottest biotech startups in Massachusetts, said Tuesday that it plans…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Key Dems push Pelosi to seek ‘bipartisan’ drug pricing reform; AstraZeneca CEO pay upsets shareholders
Hello, everyone, and how are you this fine, sunny morning? The middle of the week…
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How to thermally cloak an object
Can you feel the heat? To a thermal camera, which measures infrared radiation, the heat…
How covid-19 revealed the scandal of medical oxygen supplies worldwide
It became known locally as “the massacre”: the day in August 2017 when the medical…