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
(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
(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
(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
(NPR) – Black Americans have been catching the coronavirus, getting severely ill and dying from it, at a rate higher than other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Black Americans are also less likely to want to get the … Read More
January 19, 2021
(ABC News) – A specialist clinic in Poland said Tuesday it is ready to admit and treat a Pole who is at the center of a life-support dispute in Britain. The middle-aged man, identified only as R.S., was removed from … Read More
January 19, 2021
(Wired) – Jugenburg is a celebrity surgeon, a doctor turned influencer who shares his masterworks with his followers in real time. In his operating room, showmanship and sutures get equal play. Jugenburg seems to revel in the way social media … Read More
January 19, 2021
(UPI) – COVID-19 patients treated in hospital intensive care units during periods of increased demand are nearly twice as likely to die from the disease compared to those who receive care during low-demand periods, a study published Tuesday by JAMA … Read More