Vaccination
Biden administration may back second booster shots for all adults
The White House is weighing whether to offer a second COVID booster shot to American adults under 50.
Jul 12, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
1 in 5 people who died from COVID-19 during 2020 and 2021 had dementia, new figures confirm
Alzheimer's Research UK says Government must take greater action to speed up the development and deployment of new dementia treatments after it's been revealed that just over one in five (21.8%) individuals who died of COVID-19 ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks
Tourism is booming again in France—and so is COVID-19. French officials have "invited" or "recommended" people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or ...
Jul 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Massive dataset could reveal which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
How well did our political institutions manage the COVID-19 pandemic, and are they prepared to handle future threats to the public? A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York hopes ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Do at-home COVID-19 tests expire?
Perhaps you stocked up when at-home COVID-19 test kits were hard to come by, before the U.S. federal government started a program to mail some to each household. Or maybe you found a bunch of test kits for a good price at ...
May 10, 2022
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Medical economics
Financial risks posed by unproven stem cell interventions in Japan
The research group led by Professor Misao Fujita conducted a study to estimate the total amount the Japanese government would refund if a patient received unproven cell interventions and applied for a medical expense deduction.
Apr 27, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How COVID-19 changed people's morals
A new study has found that people "moralized" anti-social and non-compliant behaviors associated with the pandemic, such as failing to social distance from others or meeting with a friend in a park.
Mar 24, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why 'data for good' initiatives mostly failed to impact the COVID-19 public health crisis—and how to improve
Inspired by their own experiences, representatives of a data-driven initiative to aid the COVID-19 response have outlined what they view as major obstacles to the successful use of novel data released by technology companies ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Vaccination
In Greece, unvaccinated people 60 and up face monthly fines
Greece imposed a vaccination mandate Monday for people 60 and older as a spike in infections has put sustained pressure on Greek hospitals, where most of the seriously ill patients belong to that age group.
Jan 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK virus hunting labs seek to bolster global variant network
The air conditioners hum constantly in the lab at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, countering the heat thrown off by rows of high-tech sequencing machines that work seven days a week analyzing the genetic material of COVID-19 ...
Jan 13, 2022
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