NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of oncology clinical trials that launched globally during the first half of 2020 declined by 60% as compared with previous years, according to a new study. The findings add to evidence that the pandemic may have long-term indirect effects on cancer treatments, drug development and new therapies, researchers write in JAMA Network Open. […]
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Thought LeadersProf. Parastoo HashemiAssistant Professor of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of South Carolina In this interview, News-Medical Life Sciences talks to Parry Hashemi about the research on in vivo probes for detecting inflammation markers in humans and animals that she will present at Pittcon. What are some traditional methods for detecting inflammation markers in humans and animals? Traditionally, a […]
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ACCRA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX delivered its first COVID-19 shots on Wednesday, as the race to inoculate the world’s poorest people and tame the pandemic accelerates.Workers offload boxes of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February […]
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Knowing the environmental and human-related variables that characterize the favorable areas for the incidence of the West Nile virus, a flavivirus that is transmitted from birds to humans by mosquitoes, is essential to identify those places in Europe at high risk of experiencing outbreaks, even before these are registered, thus enabling preventive measures to be taken. Researchers of the Biogeography, […]
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Genome variation data on more than 7,000 malaria parasites from 28 endemic countries is released today (24 February) in Wellcome Open Research. It has been produced by MalariaGEN, a data-sharing network of groups around the world who are working together to build high-quality data resources for malaria research and disease control. This open data release represents the world's largest resource […]
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Fox News Flash top headlines for February 24 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The Food and Drug Administration posted documents Wednesday finding a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson had a “favorable safety profile with no specific concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an EUA.” The endorsement, which is […]
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A giant vaccination center is opening in Houston to administer 126,000 coronavirus doses in the next three weeks. Nevada health officials are working overtime to distribute delayed shots. And Rhode Island is rescheduling appointments after a vaccine shipment failed to arrive as scheduled earlier in the week. From coast to coast, states were scrambling Tuesday to catch up on vaccinations […]
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As President Joe Biden works to overhaul U.S. health care policy, few challenges loom larger for his health secretary than restoring access to family planning while parrying legal challenges to abortion proliferating across the country. Physicians, clinics and women’s health advocates are looking to Xavier Becerra, Biden’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, to help swiftly […]
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How TV’s most positive presenter Maya Jama is channeling lockdown frustration into her fitness routine. Maya Jama is probably the most energetic person on TV, and never has her infectious positivity been so needed. She’s kept us going through lockdown with her appearances on Saturday night’s Save Our Summer and, when we’ve needed a laugh, it’s been her Instagram stories […]
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