Health
Compulsory jabs: Pressure grows on anti-vaxxers
A growing number of countries and territories around the world are forcing people, often in specific sectors, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Jul 5, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain stimulation headset for treating depression at home now for sale in U.K.
Representatives for Flow Neuroscience have announced on the company's website that a headset device that they call simply Flow is now available for sale—they claim the device can reduce chronic depression symptoms. The ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Asymptomatic virus sufferers lose antibodies sooner: study
Asymptomatic coronavirus sufferers appear to lose detectable antibodies sooner than people who have exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, according to one of the biggest studies of its kind in Britain published on Tuesday.
Oct 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic deaths could top 1.8 mn even with tough response: study
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could hit 1.8 million worldwide this year even with swift and stringent measures to stop it, according to a study from Britain's Imperial College published Thursday.
Mar 26, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why COVID-19 loneliness can be especially hard on teens
Jacqueline Leighton can't help contemplating the harmful impact of social isolation on teenagers. Especially now.
May 4, 2020
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Diabetes
J&J vaccine weak against Delta variant, second dose may be needed
Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus vaccine is much less effective against the highly contagious Delta variant than it is against the original virus, new research claims.
Jul 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With low test rates, COVID-19 spreads in shadows
The lack of available tests for COVID-19 means the world is effectively fighting the pandemic blind and may not know the true extent of infection for months if not years, experts said Thursday.
Mar 19, 2020
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The hunt for COVID-19 treatment, vaccines
Dozens of drugs tested. More than 100 vaccine candidates. With hundreds of clinical trials under way, here is a run down of the major developments in the search for COVID-19 treatments and prevention.
Jun 18, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a trailblazing COVID-19 vaccine, will trial a cancer treatment in Britain using the same mRNA technology, the company said on Friday.
Jan 6, 2023
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How historical precedents impeded recognition of airborne COVID-19 transmission
Millions of people have died of coronavirus infection since 2020 because influential institutions took too long to recognize that it is primarily airborne, and a new University of Colorado Boulder-led historical analysis ...
Sep 2, 2022
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