Scientists track and monitor the circulation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using methods based on a laboratory technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Also used as the "gold standard" test to diagnose ...
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There is no evidence of recently infected mothers transmitting infectious SARS-CoV-2 through breastmilk to their baby, reports a study published in the journal Pediatric Research. The authors found that, whilst a low proportion ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Imaging techniques such as ultrasound technologies and minimally invasive procedures are powerful tools for assessing pregnancy health and progression. However, a detailed, ongoing assessment of the well-being of the baby ...
Jan 5, 2022
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As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus, ...
Jan 2, 2022
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The question of genetic vs environmental influences plays a major role in research into brain aging, with researchers from UNSW Sydney's Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) revealing new insights into one of the hallmarks ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Not many more sleeps until Christmas, and all those long lunches and get-togethers with family and friends.
Dec 9, 2021
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British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline and Canada's Medicago said on Tuesday they had seen positive results with a candidate COVID-19 vaccine in a large-scale trial, although the tests were carried out before the Omicron variant ...
Dec 7, 2021
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COVID-19 saliva testing kits that include a novel preservative can also be used measure microscopic organisms in the mouth, a Rutgers study has found. This enables study of the relationship between mouth and lung microbes ...
Nov 22, 2021
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Two years ago Laetitia Defoi suffered serious health complications from a blood transfusion gone wrong.
Nov 17, 2021
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We've waited 20 months for a medicine to blunt the coronavirus, and now two have appeared. Earlier this month, the UK medicines regulator approved molnupiravir, the COVID antiviral developed by Merck and Ridgeback Therapeutics. ...
Nov 12, 2021
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