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It's possible to build stronger systems to deliver oxygen: Here's what it takes
COVID-19 is overwhelming hospital oxygen systems. COVID-19 pneumonia creates breathing difficulties leading to low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia). Unable to get enough oxygen to supply vital organs, patients with hypoxaemia ...
May 06, 2021
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Pfizer raises 2021 sales forecast for Covid vaccines to $26 bn
Pfizer sharply increased its projections for 2021 revenues and profits on Tuesday, citing much higher Covid-19 vaccine sales as it targets the inoculations as a "durable" revenue stream.
May 04, 2021
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Nurses, doctor help 'lucky' mom who gave birth on flight
A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time—helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard an hourslong flight to Hawaii.
May 03, 2021
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The expected COVID baby boom may be a baby bust
When most of the U.S. went into lockdown over a year ago, some speculated that confining couples to their homes—with little to entertain them beyond Netflix—would lead to a lot of baby-making. But the statistics suggest ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Medical oxygen: Why it is lacking and how it is made
Difficulty breathing is one of the most common severe COVID-19 symptoms, and as photos of people waiting in long lines for oxygen canisters in India and elsewhere attest, supplies of medical oxygen are far from adequate everywhere ...
Apr 28, 2021
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New York looks to become America's next marijuana hub
Kaelan Castetter has plans for the unusued offices next to his factory: dedicate all 35,000 square feet of it to growing marijuana, which just became legal for recreational use in New York state.
Apr 25, 2021
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Scammers selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards are being sold online at sites such as eBay, Etsy, and Shopify, and bogus ads for the cards are appearing on Facebook, according to Fakespot CEO Saoud Khalifah.
Apr 13, 2021
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Texas governor bans mandated COVID-19 'vaccine passports'
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott used his executive power Tuesday to ban state government and some private entities from requiring COVID-19 "vaccine passports" to access services, in the latest move from a Republican governor pitting ...
Apr 07, 2021
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Russian doctors complete heart surgery during hospital fire
A team of doctors successfully completed open heart surgery inside a Russian hospital that caught fire on Friday as firefighters battled the flames from the outside, regional emergency services said.
Apr 02, 2021
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Improving equity in the physics of medical devices
Achuta Kadambi, an assistant professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, published a column in the journal Science about how medical devices can be fundamentally biased—not just in dataset representation as has ...
Apr 01, 2021
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Medical studies without adequate pre-publication review could damage public trust in science
The public could lose trust in science if scientific and medical researchers choose to bypass the traditional high standards of peer-reviewed medical journals in the rush to get research data released, particularly during ...
Apr 01, 2021
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How pandemic-driven preprints are driving open scrutiny of research
COVID-19 has changed the way many people live and work. It has also had an impact on the ways many scientists collaborate and carry out their research—and how they release their findings.
Apr 01, 2021
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Editor sidelined after medical journal racism podcast outcry
The top editor at the Journal of the American Medical Association has been sidelined amid outcry from Black physicians over a tweet and podcast on structural racism.
Mar 26, 2021
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Researchers explore forensic anthropology's current knowledge with transgendender bodies
While transgender and gender-diverse individuals have historically been disproportionately susceptible to violence and homicides, the recent rise in visibility of ongoing trans-focused violence has highlighted how the medical-legal ...
Mar 22, 2021
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AstraZeneca's Pascal Soriot: the man behind the vaccine
Pascal Soriot has led the charge to make AstraZeneca one of the first pharmaceutical companies in the world to produce a vaccine against COVID-19.
Mar 18, 2021
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Purdue makes new offer to settle role in opioid crisis
US drugmaker Purdue Pharma filed a new bankruptcy plan that would see its founders the Sackler families pay an additional $1.5 billion to settle the company's role in the devastating opioid crisis that has killed half a million ...
Mar 16, 2021
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Roche to buy COVID test maker GenMark Diagnostics for $1.8 bn
Swiss pharma giant Roche said Monday it would pay $1.8 billion (1.5 billion euros) to buy US firm GenMark Diagnostics and thus broaden its rapid test portfolio, including for COVID-19.
Mar 15, 2021
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Re-envisioning the nursing PhD degree
The Ph.D. degree prepares nurse scientists to advance knowledge through research that improves health, translates into policy, and enhances education. However, as the role of the nurse has changed, and health care has grown ...
Mar 10, 2021
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China launches virus passport
China has launched a health certificate programme for Chinese international travellers, leading the world in plans for so-called virus passports.
Mar 09, 2021
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