Oncology & Cancer
What are 'cancer vaccines,' and what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Barely a month goes by without headlines announcing yet another advancement in cancer vaccines.
Mar 7, 2023
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Health
Eradicating polio will require changing the current public health strategy, say experts
The recent public health emergency declarations in New York and London due to polio infections and detection of the virus in these cities' wastewater strongly indicate that polio is no longer close to being eradicated.
Mar 6, 2023
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Medical research
Explaining why some patients may test positive for COVID-19 long after recovery
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, seems to have become a permanent presence in our lives. Research from Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch's lab reveals that this may be true on multiple levels. ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is there a vaccine for RSV? After almost 60 years, several potential candidates come at once
You might not have heard of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. But it caused more than 100,000 global deaths in 2019, making it a leading cause of death in children under one year old.
Feb 27, 2023
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Medications
Study supports evidence that ivermectin is ineffective at treating COVID-19
High doses of the drug ivermectin, controversially recommended by some high-profile political and media figures during the COVID-19 pandemic, is ineffective at treating the COVID-19 virus, say University of Oxford- affiliated ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Medical research
Advantages and challenges of anti-COVID nasal vaccination: The promises of a French approach
Contrary to the widely shared popular belief, the primary purpose of current vaccines against COVID-19 is solely to protect against serious forms of the disease in order to prevent the risk of hospitalizations and death… ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Medications
Single-dose treatment reduces COVID-19 hospitalization risk by half for high-risk patients in phase 3 trial
A single-dose of the antiviral drug peginterferon lambda reduced by half the risk of hospitalization or a visit to the Emergency Department due to COVID-19, according to a study published today in the New England Journal ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Health
Haven't had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster
Australians aged 18 and over will be eligible for a COVID booster from February 20 if they have not had a vaccine dose or infection in the past six months.
Feb 8, 2023
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Immunology
Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission
By almost any measure, the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been a global success.
Jan 26, 2023
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Medications
Overdose deaths involving buprenorphine did not proportionally increase with new prescribing flexibilities: Study
The proportion of opioid overdose deaths involving buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, did not increase in the months after prescribing flexibilities were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Jan 20, 2023
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