These are the global coronavirus stories you need to know about this week. France announced mandatory vaccination for health workers by September 15 due to rising Delta variant cases. From early August it’s health pass is being extended to include restaurants and trains. A state of emergency with a curfew was declared in Martinique and Réunion. The Haute Autorité de Santé […]
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Answering a charge from the National Science Board, the RegenMed Development Organization (ReMDO), through its RegeneratOR Workforce Development Initiative, has released the results of a national survey of regenerative medicine biomanufacturing knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for successful employment in the regenerative medicine field. The National Science Board called for the creation of a skilled technical workforce driven by science […]
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Moderna launches vaccine trial for pregnant women after thousands have already received shot Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel breaks down the ‘tough topic’ on ‘Fox & Friends.’ A study of adults in Switzerland who had contracted COVID-19 found that a quarter of them still had symptoms for six to eight months following their illness. Fatigue, shortness of breath […]
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Are you clued up when it comes to ketamine? What used to be known as ‘that horse tranquilising stuff’ is now being bought by the bagful. Ketamine has become more mainstream over the past decade – but many of us aren’t aware of the risks the drug poses. Ketamine can decrease your ability to make smart decisions or recognise dangers, […]
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New research published in Nature Medicine reveals willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine was considerably higher in developing countries (80% of respondents) than in the United States (65%) and Russia (30%). The study provides one of the first insights into vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in a broad selection of low- and-middle income countries (LMIC), covering over 20,000 survey respondents and […]
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When it’s hot — and we mean 100-plus-degrees hot — the last thing you want to do during the summer months is eat a heavy meal or get the meat sweats. And as for turning on the oven? Forget about it. Instead, we turn to crisp, fruity salads, hydrocodone elixir strengths light garden pastas with fresh veggies, seafood and citrus-based […]
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LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services including purpose-built LIMS solutions that allow labs to go live faster and at a lower total cost, today announced that the 8.7 edition of its flagship LabVantage LIMS will provide a secure self-service web portal for the lab’s external clients. With the LabVantage LIMS 8.7 upgrade, customers will […]
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In the three years that the Clean at Sephora program has been in place at the iconic, international beauty boutique, it has shaped the way much of the industry defines the unregulated and ambiguous concept of clean beauty. (Allure has its own standards for what we consider clean, and while much of the list overlaps with Sephora's, even we don't […]
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Dolutegravir and ritonavir-boosted darunavir are equally effective second-line treatments for HIV-1, even for patients with resistance to nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in the regimen, a new randomized trial suggests. Researchers also found that recycling tenofovir was noninferior to switching to zidovudine for second-line therapy. Dr Nicholas Paton The results are “very reassuring” that switching to a dolutegravir-based regimen is safe […]
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Nigel Farage predicts UK will be ‘in lockdown by September’ We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) was said to have […]
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