Battling COVID-19, South Africa prepares for first vaccines Battling a COVID-19 resurgence driven by a more infectious variant, South Africa is preparing to roll out its first vaccines to frontline healthcare workers. Jan 27, 2021 0 2
Record 18,000 daily virus toll worldwide More than 18,000 people worldwide died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, according to an AFP count based on official figures, a new grim record amid the battle to stem the pandemic. Jan 27, 2021 0 5
Using AI to remove racial disparity in knee pain diagnosis A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has developed an artificial-intelligence-based application for categorizing the degree of pain in patients suffering from osteoarthritis in their knees. ... Jan 27, 2021 report 0 45
Italy to develop COVID-19 vaccine with public money The Italian government will take a stake in a home-grown company working on a new COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said Wednesday. Jan 27, 2021 0 5
France inches toward new lockdown The French government admitted on Wednesday that current restrictions designed to contain the spread of coronavirus were not enough, raising the prospect of a third nationwide lockdown. Jan 27, 2021 0 2
Five or six doses? Controversy over Pfizer vaccine vials The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which is manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Germany's BioNTech, now considers each vial contains six doses compared to five previously. Jan 27, 2021 0 8
Spain running short of vaccines due to delivery delays Amid another COVID-19 surge, Spanish health authorities are running out of vaccines and have been forced to postpone giving shots to health workers and nursing home residents due to delays in deliveries by pharmaceutical ... Jan 27, 2021 0 0
Tensions rise as AstraZeneca, EU spar over vaccine delays The European Union and drugmaker AstraZeneca sparred Wednesday over a delay in coronavirus vaccine deliveries as the deepening dispute raises concerns about the increasing competition for limited supplies of shots needed ... Jan 27, 2021 0 5
63,000 extra deaths and a year off life expectancy—COVID in 2020 in England and Wales An estimated 62,750 excess deaths resulted in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Wales, according to demographic experts at Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science—who reveal life expectancy was ... Jan 27, 2021 0 5
Why some people believe they can hear the dead It's a blustery October night in 1841, and though Liverpool is sleeping, Mrs Bates is very much awake. Before her, shining brightly at the foot of her bed, is an "open vision" of her friend Elizabeth Morgan, "standing in ... Jan 27, 2021 1 2
