EU drug agency recommends approving COVID-19 treatment The European Union's drugs agency on Monday recommended approving the use of an anti-inflammatory medicine to treat adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19. Dec 6, 2021 0 29
Thailand reports 'likely' case of omicron A Thai health official said Monday that the country's first suspected case of the new omicron variant had been detected but authorities would withhold confirmation ahead of further test results. Dec 6, 2021 0 2
NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers From big Wall Street banks to corner grocery stores, all private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the mayor announced Monday in the most sweeping vaccine mandate ... Dec 6, 2021 0 10
Spain: PM urges Christmas caution as hospital staff infected Spain's prime minister on Monday urged people to "remain prudent" about COVID-19 over the holidays, as Christmas festivities at one Spanish hospital are suspected of infecting dozens of staff. Dec 6, 2021 0 4
New immunotherapy for leukemia discovered Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have developed a new kind of immunotherapy for leukemia. The results of a study published in Nature Biotechnology show that the therapy ... Dec 6, 2021 0 226
Illustrating how exercise really is medicine Have you been upping your fitness regime only to find you're not really shifting the dial when it comes to exercise benefits? Dec 6, 2021 0 218
Study examines attitudes to vaccine mandates A new study from The University of Western Australia published in Vaccine examines how people feel about policies and practices surrounding vaccine mandates. Dec 6, 2021 0 9
Stress makes life's clock tick faster but chilling out slows it down Scientists in recent years have developed ways to measure biological age by tracking chemical changes in DNA that occur naturally as people age but occur at different times in different people. These so-called "epigenetic ... Dec 6, 2021 0 284
New marker for better assessing the severity of COVID-19 Biomedical scientists at LMU have found a new marker in the blood of COVID-19 patients. It furnishes insights into the course and development of the disease and could lead to better diagnoses. Dec 6, 2021 0 5
Developing anticoagulant drugs with high anticlotting efficacy and minimal bleeding Blood-feeding animals rely on specific molecules in their saliva to overcome defense mechanisms of their mammalian hosts for successful survival. For example, tick saliva contains molecules that can stop blood from clotting, ... Dec 6, 2021 0 66