January 20, 2021
(ABC News) – The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a … Read More
January 20, 2021
(UPI) – Regions of the United States with greater levels of income inequality have higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths, according to an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open. Based on data from 3,141 of the 3,142 counties … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Medical Xpress) – The government of Dubai on Wednesday ordered all hospitals to cancel nonessential surgeries for the next month as coronavirus infections surge to unprecedented heights in the United Arab Emirates. In a circular sent to government-run and private … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Reuters) – Chinese state media outlets have run a series of articles criticising Western COVID-19 vaccines in the past week, including Pfizer’s, while touting China-made vaccines as safer and more accessible. The reports have come as China’s vaccines, which are … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Associated Press) – Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk of breast cancer for women without a family history of the disease, and how common these flawed genes are in the general … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Medscape) – New efficacy data from Brazil on Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, for which there are now four widely different success rates, raised more questions than answers, as many developing countries pin their hopes on the CoronaVac to end the pandemic. … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Medscape) – The RECOVERY trial has closed recruitment to its randomised study of convalescent plasma treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. The preliminary analysis on 1873 reported deaths among 10,406 randomised patients showed no significant difference in the primary endpoint … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Medscape) – California’s state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 coronavirus vaccinations using a Moderna vaccine version because some people received medical treatment for possible severe allergic reactions. Dr. Erica S. Pan on Sunday recommended providers stop … Read More
January 20, 2021
(Bloomberg) – In the U.S., more than 14 million Covid-19 shots have been given since mid-December, mainly to health workers, the elderly and those at high risk. To defeat the pandemic and fully revive the economy, children will also have … Read More
January 19, 2021
(Associated Press) – A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have … Read More