January 15, 2021
(Medscape) – Federal officials are urging healthcare professionals and patients to use monoclonal antibody treatments to help stave off more severe COVID-19 illness, and have now set up three federally supported infusion sites. In its push, the government also has … Read More
January 14, 2021
(Axios) – A seemingly more transmissible coronavirus variant is threatening the world — and exposing the U.S.’ lackluster genetic surveillance. Why it matters: A beefed-up program to sequence the genomes of infectious disease pathogens infections could help the U.S. identify … Read More
January 13, 2021
(The Verge) – A popular period and fertility tracking app has settled with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it lied to users about sharing private health information with third-party firms, including Facebook and Google. Flo, a period and … Read More
January 12, 2021
(New York Times) – Health authorities are investigating the case of a Florida doctor who died from an unusually severe blood disorder 16 days after receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old obstetrician and gynecologist in Miami … Read More
January 12, 2021
(Associated Press) – The European Medicines Agency said Tuesday that AstraZeneca and Oxford University have submitted an application for their COVID-19 vaccine to be licensed across the European Union. The EU regulator said it received a request for the vaccine … Read More
January 12, 2021
(Christianity Today) – As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the US expands from health care staff to elderly citizens and essential workers, Americans are weighing whether to get the shot when given the chance. Though the coronavirus vaccines from Moderna … Read More
January 12, 2021
(Gizmodo) – Hollywood blockbusters such as X-men, Gattaca and Jurassic World have explored the intriguing concept of “germline genome editing” – a biomolecular technique that can alter the DNA of sperm, eggs or embryos. If you remove a gene that … Read More
January 12, 2021
(ABC News) – As the director of a large hospital in the Indian state that has seen the country’s most coronavirus cases, Dr. S.P. Kalantri had been waiting for the day a vaccine would be approved and bring protection not … Read More
January 11, 2021
(The Verge) – The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with photo storage app Ever that it says used customers’ photos to develop facial recognition technology without telling them, the agency announced Monday. Under the terms of the agreement, … Read More
January 11, 2021
(Medical Xpress) – An Argentinian judge has compelled a private clinic to administer chlorine dioxide, used as a powerful disinfectant, to a coronavirus patient in a case medical doctors have labelled “a scandal”. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) … Read More
