Vaccination
Serbia to offer COVID-19 booster shots
Serbia will offer a third "booster" COVID-19 shot to its population from Tuesday, as the country battles an uptick in cases, largely among unvaccinated citizens.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Iran will impose 6-day 'general lockdown' over coronavirus
Iran says it will impose a six-day-long "general lockdown" in cities across the country after being hit by what it describes as its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, state media reported Saturday.
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Vaccination
What does full FDA approval of a vaccine do if it's already authorized for emergency use?
Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they're waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That approval is expected ...
Aug 12, 2021
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US warns citizens against travel to France over COVID concerns
The US State Department has advised Americans to avoid all travel to France over rising coronavirus cases in the country.
Aug 10, 2021
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Medical research
Vitamin D reduces the need for opioids in palliative cancer
Patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment, a randomized and placebo-controlled study by researchers ...
Aug 5, 2021
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EU to get 40 mn more Moderna jabs in Q3: medicines agency
The EU's medicines watchdog said on Friday that the bloc was likely to get 40 million more Moderna vaccine doses by October, after an output boost at two new US sites.
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Medical economics
Refugees are at high risk of COVID-19 infection, but low priority for vaccines
In June, the G7 pledged 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, or COVAX, to help it meet its two billion vaccine goal for lower- and middle- income countries by the end of 2021.
Jul 30, 2021
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States race to use COVID-19 vaccines before they expire
Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been saved from the trash after U.S. regulators extended their expiration date for a second time, part of a nationwide effort to salvage expiring shots to battle the nation's ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Brazil begins mass vaccine study in poor Rio neighborhood
Brazilian health authorities on Thursday began the mass immunization of Rio de Janeiro's Mare neighborhood in a novel bid to control COVID-19 in a poor community while studying vaccine effectiveness and the prevalence of ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Covax expecting 250 mn donated doses in 6-8 weeks: WHO
Covax is expecting to receive 250 million donated COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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