Archive: 26/01/2021

Speciality syringe supply crunch strains COVID-19 vaccinations

A shortage of speciality syringes is challenging plans to get an extra dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine out of its vial, medical device giant Becton Dickinson (BD) said.

Jan 26, 2021

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Berlin, AstraZeneca reject reports on COVID jab efficacy in elderly

Germany's health ministry on Tuesday joined AstraZeneca in rubbishing reports quoting unnamed government sources that claimed the British-Swedish company's COVID-19 vaccine showed little efficacy for people above 65.

Jan 26, 2021

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New Zealand PM expects closed borders for much of 2021

New Zealand's borders are likely to remain closed for much of the year as health officials assess global vaccine rollouts, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned Tuesday.

Jan 26, 2021

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California lifts virus stay-at-home order and curfew

Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, a surprising move hailed by beleaguered businesses but that prompted caution from local health officials ...

Jan 26, 2021

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Mexico's coronavirus death toll passes 150,000

Mexico's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 150,000, the government said Monday, a day after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced he had COVID-19.

Jan 26, 2021

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Research shows people with high omega-3 index less likely to die from COVID-19

Researchers with the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) and collaborators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in Orange County, CA, have published the first direct evidence that higher omega-3 blood levels ...

Jan 26, 2021

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Rich European countries have higher atrial fibrillation death rates than least wealthy

The wealthiest countries in Europe have higher death rates from atrial fibrillation than the least wealthy and these death rates are increasing more rapidly than incidence rates, according to the first analysis of its kind ...

Jan 26, 2021

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Highly specific synaptic plasticity in addiction

Addiction, or substance use disorder (SUD), is a complex neurological condition that includes drug-seeking behavior among other cognitive, emotional and behavioral features. Synaptic plasticity, or changes in the way neurons ...

Jan 26, 2021

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No overall difference in concussion recovery time for male and female college athletes

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania found female and male collegiate athletes take approximately the same amount of time to recover from a concussion, with subtle differences ...

Jan 26, 2021

Breakthrough design vastly improves mechanical heart valve

New research coming out of UBC's Okanagan campus may take the current 'gold standard' for heart valves to a new level of reliability.

Jan 26, 2021

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