Archive: 24/02/2021

Ghana is first nation in world to receive COVAX vaccines

Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India.

Feb 24, 2021

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States rush to catch up on delayed vaccines, expand access

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 ...

Feb 24, 2021

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AstraZeneca EU supply chain shortfall continues in second quarter

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday its EU supply chains would only be able to deliver half of an expected supply of Covid-19 vaccines to the bloc in the second quarter—but that it would look to make up the shortfall ...

Feb 24, 2021

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Open data on malaria genomes will help combat drug resistance

Genome variation data on more than 7,000 malaria parasites from 28 endemic countries is released today in Wellcome Open Research. It has been produced by MalariaGEN, a data-sharing network of groups around the world who are ...

Feb 24, 2021

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Older women who ate more plant protein had lower risk of premature, dementia-related death

Postmenopausal women who ate high levels of plant protein had lower risks of premature death, cardiovascular disease and dementia-related death compared with women who ate less plant proteins, according to new research published ...

Feb 24, 2021

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How rehabilitation could help people with COVID-19 recover—evidence reviewed

Progressive exercise and early mobilisation are among the elements of rehabilitation programmes that may improve recovery for people who are hospitalised with severe COVID-19, new research has concluded.

Feb 24, 2021

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One in five people in south London live with multiple long-term conditions

New research has found one in five people in the south London live with multimorbidity.

Feb 24, 2021

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Researchers identify 127 glaucoma genes in largest study of its kind

In the largest genome-wide association study of glaucoma comparing the genes of 34,179 people with the disease to 349,321 control subjects, an international consortium of researchers identified 44 new gene loci and confirmed ...

Feb 24, 2021

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Machine learning tool can predict malignancy in patients with multiple pulmonary nodules

A machine learning-based tool was able to predict the risk of malignancy among patients presenting with multiple pulmonary nodules and outperformed human experts, previously validated mathematical models, and a previously ...

Feb 24, 2021

Self-monitoring using digital health tools is associated with weight loss

A systematic review of multiple randomized controlled studies among adults with overweight or obesity showed that greater engagement in self-monitoring using digital health tools was associated with significant weight loss, ...

Feb 24, 2021

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