Covid-19: CoronaVac immunity is strongest after boosting with a different vaccine
A booster dose of a covid-19 jab other than CoronaVac significantly increased antibodies in those…
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COVID: Why Some People With Symptoms Don’t Get Tested
Some people chose not to get tested if they only had one symptom. Read Original…
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When Will COVID End? WHO Gives Shocking Answer
The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shut down speculations that the COVID-19 pandemic is ending…
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The Omicron Variant Is Deepening Severe Staffing Shortages In Medical Laboratories Across The US
Like other health care and health professionals, lab workers are experiencing dangerously low staffing numbers…
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6 alternative therapies for mental health problems – Medical News Today
6 alternative therapies for mental health problems Medical News Today Read Original Article: 6 alternative therapies…
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Alternative health plan funding is here to stay. Here’s what you need to know. – Columbus Business First – Columbus Business First
Alternative health plan funding is here to stay. Here’s what you need to know. –…
STAT+: What risks? FDA scolds Lilly for misleading Instagram post about a best-selling diabetes drug
Eli Lilly (LLY) was rebuked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for running a…
Ocean microplastic pollution may be greater than estimated
The great diversity of scientific techniques and methods used in the study of marine microplastics…
Studying the Big Bang with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is being used for many extremely complex tasks. So why not use machine…
Study identifies new way to attack herpesviruses
A new study has opened the door to a new approach to attacking herpesviruses. The…
Study detects how a genetic variant modifies the brain stimulation impact on memory
The gene of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with several processes related to…
New technique boosts efficiency, sustainability of large-scale perovskite solar cells
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a technique for producing perovskite photovoltaic materials on…
Improving the medical curriculum on planetary health and sustainable healthcare
The planetary health framework links human health to the health of the planet, which is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer and BioNTech start trial of Omicron-targeted vaccine; insulin makers boost lobbying spending
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Although gray skies…
Covid-19: Be realistic about elective recovery plan, say leaders
An apparent row over targets is further delaying publication of the recovery plan for elective…
Authors’ reply to Chiolero, Bannon, and Dickinson
We thank the respondents for their comments.1234 Chiolero suggests that dashboards will help end the…
Covid-19: The polio epidemic is a better analogy
Robertson and Doshi try to obtain lessons for the covid-19 epidemic from the ending of…
STAT+: Pivotal study shows Sierra Oncology drug improves anemia and other symptoms of myelofibrosis
Sierra Oncology said Tuesday that its experimental treatment for the blood cancer myelofibrosis achieved all…
As Pfizer and BioNTech begin clinical trial of Omicron-based vaccine, timeline to authorization is unclear
Pfizer and BioNTech have started a study comparing their Omicron-based Covid-19 vaccine to the original vaccine,…
BMA representative wins legal dispute over attempts to silence him about conditions in armed forces
A BMA representative for armed forces doctors has secured a legal victory obliging the Ministry…
Falls prevention programmes succeed only by supporting staff long term
In their trial of a programme to prevent falls in older people, Logan and colleagues…
Helen Salisbury: Prolonging omicron
“Doctor, I’m feeling terrible again.”“Didn’t the tablets help?”“The thing is, I don’t really like taking…
How do you deal with a colleague who has body odour?
There may be more to the situation than can be shared with youNicola Brown, human…
Matt Morgan: The trouble with “ȷust asking questions”
After I’d got into a fight at school, it wasn’t the teacher’s anger that stayed…
Managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia
What you need to knowNon-medical interventions such as psychological treatments and psychosocial and environmental modifications…
A post-covid economy for health: from the great reset to build back differently
The global economy was still struggling with the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis when…
How New Zealand’s covid-19 strategy failed the Māori
“There’s been a lot of lip service to equity in New Zealand’s pandemic response but…
Recovery trial lead launches organisation to cut costs of clinical trials
A new not-for-profit organisation, Protas, has been launched with the aim of designing and delivering…
Opinion: Learning from Covid-19 requires a modeling renaissance
“Flatten the curve” was a rallying cry in early 2020 as Covid-19 began sweeping across…
Opinion: STAT+: What’s blocking health care boards’ progress in diversity, equity, and inclusion?
Governing boards of health systems tend to be conservative and bound by tradition, often populated…
STAT+: Can open datasets help machine learning solve medical mysteries?
The medical data housed in patient records are a clinical researcher’s dream: the key, potentially,…
It’s too early to tell whether CBD helps against Covid-19 — but researchers worry that won’t stop CBD makers
The scientists stressed the caveats that early-stage research demands: the compounds they had studied showed…
STAT+: Insulin giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk boosted their lobbying spending as Democrats eyed pricing reform
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers took aim at high insulin costs, two major insulin manufacturers increased…
When Will COVID End? WHO Gives Shocking Answer
The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shut down speculations that the COVID-19 pandemic is ending…
The Omicron Variant Is Deepening Severe Staffing Shortages In Medical Laboratories Across The US
Like other health care and health professionals, lab workers are experiencing dangerously low staffing numbers…
Safeguarding Your Family & Planning For the Future in 3 Simple & Easy Steps
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‘No free ride’ for COVID-19: WHO’s Tedros Misinformation threat to inoculation campaigns Syria: Condemnation for…
UN chief calls for Olympic Truce to build ‘culture of peace’ through sport
Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the world to “build a culture of peace” through the…
‘Global learning crisis’ continues says Guterres; millions still hit
Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of over…
Antibody with engineered peptide targets bone metastasis
A moderate amount of a peptide-enhanced cancer drug goes a long way in treating breast…
Why the Omicron variant causes less severe disease
A new study shows that the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is less effective than Delta at…
Blood proteins could be the key to a long and healthy life, study finds
Two blood proteins have been shown by scientists to influence how long and healthy a…
Redefining alcohol use disorder
Researchers have developed a new framework that they believe will help identify people previously overlooked…
A soft, stretchable thermometer
The next generation of soft robotics, smart clothing and biocompatible medical devices are going to…
New study calls into question the importance of meat eating in shaping our evolution
A new study calls into question the primacy of meat eating in early human evolution….
6 alternative therapies for mental health problems – Medical News Today
6 alternative therapies for mental health problems Medical News Today Read Original Article: 6 alternative therapies…
Alternative health plan funding is here to stay. Here’s what you need to know. – Columbus Business First – Columbus Business First
Alternative health plan funding is here to stay. Here’s what you need to know. –…
Current vaccines teach T cells to fight Omicron
Scientists have found that four COVID-19 vaccines prompt the body to make effective, long-lasting T…
Scientists make first detection of exotic ‘X’ particles in quark-gluon plasma
Physicists have found evidence of X particles in the quark-gluon plasma produced in the Large…
Overweight dogs respond well to high-protein, high-fiber diet
A study of overweight dogs fed a reduced calorie, high-protein, high-fiber diet for 24 weeks…
Analysis reveals rare disease is more common than previously thought
A large data analysis shows a rare respiratory disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is…
How can body weight affect the mortality risk of excessive drinkers?
People with underweight who drink excessively may be at an even higher risk of dying…
New control technique uses solar panels to reach desired Mars orbit
Aerospace engineers have developed a way to use articulated solar panels to steer the satellite…
Study demonstrates accuracy of less invasive technique for monitoring wildlife health
A recent study finds a technique that uses dried spots of blood to measure health…
Cracking chimpanzee culture
Chimpanzees don’t automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers…