NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States rarely become infected with SARS-CoV-2 through patient care, new research suggests. Researchers evaluated SARS-CoV-2 infections in a group of healthcare personnel (HCP) and found that most infections could not be linked to a patient or co-worker – suggesting that good adherence to […]
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As you probably observed during the throes of the pandemic last spring, hair doesn't stop growing just because there's nowhere to go to get it cut. And since there's nothing worse than pushing overgrown bangs out of your face as you, say, measure the depth of an ice cap, scientists and government workers at McMurdo Station in Antarctica built the […]
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By Carl O’Donnell and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – A U.S. plant that was making Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine must fix a long list of problems including peeling paint and unsanitary conditions and practices to resume operation, according to a highly critical report by the Food and Drug Administration. Experts said addressing the issues raised in the scathing FDA inspection […]
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Only two ‘breakthrough’ Covid infections found among 417 fully vaccinated people at a New York City university, study finds Researchers looked at 417 employees at Rockefeller University in New York City who received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines Just two people, 0.5%, tested positive more than two weeks after getting their final dose in so-called ‘breakthrough cases’ […]
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Researchers in Japan have warned that Tokyo's Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is set to start in July 2021, may need canceling if the rollout of vaccination to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues at the slow pace it is now. "Vaccine rollout has been slow in Japan, compared to other developed countries," says Yasuharu Tokuda from Muribushi Okinawa […]
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Access to clean water and sanitation is a human right enshrined in international law. Although there has been progress in recent years, contaminated water and waterborne diseases remain major threats to public health — not only in low income countries, but also in wealthier nations such as the United States. On August 3, 2010, the General Assembly of the United […]
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After an international mission to China turned up more questions than answers about the pandemic origins, the WHO is evaluating how to move forward through a diplomatic quagmire to solve the mystery. Determining how the virus that causes COVID-19 first began spreading among humans is seen as vital to preventing future outbreaks. But a long-delayed report, drafted by the team […]
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WHILE YOU MIGHT think of getting “mono” as being a diet (you sleep all day and tend to eat very little), the “mono diet” is something totally different. (And FYI—you shouldn’t want to ever contract mono as a means of weight loss, in case that was somehow a consideration.) The “mono diet” or monotrophic diet involves eating just one food […]
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Physicians in Israel recently reported that six women with autoimmune disorders developed the painful rash known as shingles 3 to 14 days after they received a first or second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Yikes! Traditional and social media—not to mention vaccine foes—have pounced on the small study, warning that COVID-19 vaccines might reactivate the childhood chickenpox virus, triggering a […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Remdesivir appears to have a similar safety profile in children with COVID-19 as in adults, according to the largest cohort to date of children with severe COVID-19 who received the drug through a compassionate-use program. Remdesivir, from Gilead Sciences, shortens time to recovery in adults with COVID-19, but its efficacy and safety in children are […]
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