Covid-19: Is Manaus the final nail in the coffin for natural herd immunity?
Hospitals in the Brazilian Amazon collapsed for the second time in mid-January.A surge in patients…
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Opinion: With Covid-19 vaccines, ‘fair’ isn’t always fair enough
The success of Operation Warp Speed in delivering two effective Covid-19 vaccines in record time…
Opinion: The hazards of medicine by tweet: the case of anti-cytokine therapy for Covid-19
Positive news about a potential Covid-19 treatment — a drug that blocks the receptor for…
Opinion: Dear NHS: You need a control arm for Grail’s cancer test
A simple blood test able to detect 50 different cancers is the grail of cancer…
By looking the other way, pharma money helped fuel a toxic political atmosphere in the U.S.
As the impeachment trial for former President Trump plays out, the pharmaceutical industry can thank…
Overloaded schedules and ‘Covid cowbells’: For pharmacists, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout brings exhaustion, but some relief
The nationwide frenzy to get Covid-19 vaccines has been complicated, frustrating, and downright exhausting for…
FROM THE FIELD: women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality
Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is…
19 best online workouts for beginners to stream at home – Today.com
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Importance of COVID vaccine during pregnancy & breast feeding – American Medical Association
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Podcast: ‘We Know That it is True. We’ve Been There’
JHGC Collection, Johannesburg Now aged 94, Veronica Phillips asks herself why, and how, she survived…
News in Brief 11 February 2021
COVID: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone: WHO COVID numbers are…
New Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
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Coronavirus and Your Health Coverage: Get the Basics
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Stay Safe: Getting the Care You Need, at Home
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Ischemic Stroke
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hemorrhagic Stroke
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults (MIS-A)
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Combination Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorder Shows Promise in NIH Study
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When Can Children Get the Covid-19 Vaccine?
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Global Alternative Healthcare Providers Market Outlook for Major Applications/end Users, Consumption, Share and Growth Rate 2023 – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper
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End of Gout Reviews (Shelly Manning Blue Heron Health… – Federal Way Mirror
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Proposed Framework for Patient-Centered Outcomes-Based Measures in Alternative Payment Models – AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
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Under ACA, Will Covid Survivors Be Covered?
A new administration, yet the same question remains: Will the ACA cover Covid as a…
The songs of fin whales offer new avenue for seismic studies of the oceanic crust
The songs of fin whales can be used for seismic imaging of the oceanic crust,…
Spontaneous quantum error correction demonstrated
Physicists take a step toward building a fault-tolerant quantum computer. They have realized a novel…
Health Workers and Hospitals Grapple With Millions of Counterfeit N95 Masks
Thousands of counterfeit 3M respirators have slipped past U.S. investigators in recent months, making it…
Listen: The state of the pandemic, the hunt for Covid-19 drugs, & meme stocks in biotech
When will we have enough vaccine doses? How many effective Covid-19 drugs are just waiting…
STAT+: Amicus drug for Pompe disease falls short in key clinical trial, but company will push for approval
Amicus Therapeutics said Thursday that its drug for patients with Pompe disease, a rare genetic…
Scientist proposes a new timeline for Mars terrains
A scientist has updated Mars chronology models to find that terrains shaped by ancient water…
‘Three major threats’ to inoculating the world – UN health agency
Amidst some positive news from the World Health Organization (WHO) that both COVID-19 deaths and…
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Studying Neanderthal mini-brains, scientists unlock clues to modern human evolution
Hoping to learn what sets our brains apart from those of the Neanderthals, scientists have…
STAT+: With a legislative veto, Maryland’s prescription drug affordability board moves forward
Following a vote by the Maryland House of Delegates, the state now has all the…
Covid-19: What happened to randomised controlled trials?
Whenever there is widespread uncertainty about the balance between the benefits and harms of a…
Study finds even the common house sparrow is declining
A new study aims to clarify the status of the non-native European House Sparrow, using…
Play and meaty food reduce hunting by cats
Domestic cats hunt wildlife less if owners play with them daily and feed them a…
The Year (Maybe Longer) that the Music Died
For lovers of music, theater, and art, 2020 was a lost year. From March onward,…
Egypt urged to remove activists from ‘terrorist’ list
UN independent human rights experts appealed on Thursday for authorities in Egypt to remove two…
STAT+: Scientists turn to machine learning to tackle one of gene therapy’s biggest challenges
As the world charges to vaccinate the population against the coronavirus, gene therapy developers are…
Arthritis drug cuts deaths in hospitalized Covid-19 patients, major study shows
Tocilizumab, a drug usually used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, reduced the rate for death in…
Covid-19: People with mild asthma won’t get early vaccination
People with mild asthma will not be included in the UK’s sixth priority group for…
Joseph Sonnabend: the first AIDS doctor
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Covid-19: WHO says laboratory escape theory is “extremely unlikely” after mission to China
A team of scientists sent to Wuhan, China, by the World Health Organization to investigate…
Covid-19: Healthcare staff must be given time to recuperate from pandemic, say leaders
The NHS must have a realistic and steady approach to resuming services disrupted by the…
Covid-19: Travellers to UK from “red list” countries will pay {pound}1750 for 10 day hotel quarantine
The UK government has introduced new quarantine measures for international travellers in a bid to…
Covid 19: Two million deaths, so what went wrong?
Covid restrictions across Europe are bringing a stuttering end to a costly second wave and…
‘Gamechanger’ drug for treating obesity cuts body weight by 20%
One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Teva and Merck may help with Covid-19 vaccine production; $5 billion Gilead deal goes up in flames
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
STAT+: Drug maker agrees to plead guilty to hiding and destroying records before FDA inspection
A unit of Fresenius Kabi, a major supplier of infused and intravenously administered drugs, has…