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February 26, 2021

Controversial Stem Cell Therapy Has Helped Repair Spinal Cords in 13 Patients

(Science Alert) – Beyond intensive physical rehabilitation programs – which can improve outcomes in some cases – treatment options are virtually non-existent. But new results from a phase 2 clinical trial offer fresh hope for remedies on the horizon. In … Read More

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February 26, 2021

Insults, Threats of Violence Still Imperil Public Health Leaders

(Med Page Today) – With insults, harassment, or even threats of violence against them and their families, at least 190 top public health officials have resigned, retired, or been fired in the last year, a Johns Hopkins researcher reported Wednesday. … Read More

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February 26, 2021

FDA Places Clinical Hold on Sickle Cell Gene Therapy

(Medscape) – The FDA placed a clinical hold yesterday on two gene therapy trials for sickle cell disease (SCD) after two recent complications: one participant developed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and another developed myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The sponsoring company, bluebird bio, … Read More

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February 26, 2021

MyHeritage Offers ‘Creepy’ Deepfake Tool to Reanimate Dead

(BBC) – Genealogy site MyHeritage has introduced a tool which uses deepfake technology to animate the faces in photographs of dead relatives. Called DeepNostalgia, the firm acknowledged that some people might find the feature “creepy” while others would consider it … Read More

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February 26, 2021

Canadian Regulator Authorizes AstraZeneca Vaccine

(ABC News) – Canadian regulators on Friday authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for all adults. It is the third COVID-19 vaccine given the green light by Canada, following those from Pfizer and Moderna. Health Canada approved the vaccine for use in … Read More

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February 26, 2021

As Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Widens, Inequality Lingers

(Undark) – On Wednesday, a plane carrying 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine landed in Accra, Ghana, marking the first global shipment in a plan to deliver 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine, mostly to lower- and middle-income countries, … Read More

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February 26, 2021

Sniffing Out COVID for the Miami Heat

(The New Yorker) – Dogs can be trained to sniff out just about anything: bedbugs and black-footed ferrets, firearms and peroxide-based explosives, gourmet fungi, toxic mold, marijuana, malaria, ovarian cancer, even contraband cell phones and child pornography. Last month, the … Read More

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February 26, 2021

Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions

(Medscape) – The majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are attributable to four preexisting cardiometabolic conditions, a new study suggests. The authors estimate that among the 906,849 total COVID-19 hospitalizations that had occurred among US adults as of … Read More

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February 26, 2021

Researchers Find Worrying New Coronavirus Variant in New York City

(CNN) – Two separate teams of researchers said this week they have found a worrying new coronavirus variant in New York City and elsewhere in the Northeast that carries mutations that help it evade the body’s natural immune response — … Read More

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February 26, 2021

Armpit Swelling After COVID-19 Vaccine May Mimic Breast Cancer

(Medscape) – Axillary adenopathy, or swelling under the armpit, has been reported by women after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, but it is also a common symptom for breast cancer. Hence, clinicians should consider recent COVID-19 vaccination history … Read More

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