Japan to require 10-day quarantine over variant Japan said Friday it will require a 10-day quarantine period for travellers arriving from six countries after the discovery in South Africa of a new COVID-19 variant. Nov 26, 2021 0 44
Belgium finds first new Covid-19 variant case in Europe Belgium said Friday it has detected the first announced case in Europe of the new COVID-19 variant, in an unvaccinated person returning from abroad. Nov 26, 2021 0 3
Belgians, Dutch face new COVID-19 measures to curb new spike Belgium and the Netherlands are taking new measures Friday in an attempt to keep a COVID-19 spike from spiraling out of control, hoping that action now will safeguard the joys of Christmas next month. Nov 26, 2021 0 2
FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks of birth defects and other potential problems during pregnancy. Nov 26, 2021 0 2
WHO hosts special meeting on worrying new COVID-19 variant Advisers to the World Health Organization are holding a special session Friday to flesh out information about a worrying new variant of the coronavirus that has been detected in South Africa, though a top expert says its ... Nov 26, 2021 0 3
New omicron variant stokes world fears, triggers travel bans The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were ... Nov 26, 2021 0 3
Skewed research results led to lack of access to mammography for women in their 40s, say researchers Thousands of Canadian women may have died needlessly of breast cancer because of the fallout from two flawed studies on breast screening, according to a group of prominent researchers. Nov 26, 2021 0 1
FoxO-KLF15 regulates macronutrient metabolism in response to insulin signaling We all know what it feels like to be hungry before a meal or sluggish afterward; and both of these feelings have to do with blood sugar levels, which are carefully regulated by dynamic systems within the body. Now, researchers ... Nov 26, 2021 0 6
Study of HIV prevalence among key populations in Europe Marking World AIDS Day on 1 December, Eurosurveillance has published an article that brings together evidence on HIV seroprevalence in five population groups affected by HIV in the countries of the European Union and European ... Nov 26, 2021 0 19
Researchers discover a new mechanism involved in early melanoma metastasis Research led by CNIO scientist Héctor Peinado shows that the NGFR molecule drives the entire process of early metastasis in melanoma and that blocking it drastically reduces metastasis in animal models. The reduction was ... Nov 26, 2021 0 66