Medical research
Third wave of COVID-19 may hit India mid-August
India must accelerate mass vaccinations to cope with the impending third wave of COVID-19, say experts.
Jul 16, 2021
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Vaccination
Brazil's late and rocky start on vaccinations fuels public ire
Brazil's newly launched vaccination campaign against COVID-19 has gotten off to a late and rocky start—as the country is hammered by a second wave of the disease, it is already close to running out of vaccine, syringes ...
Jan 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Much of the world may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until 2022
Nearly a quarter of the world's population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until at least 2022, warns a study published by The BMJ today.
Dec 15, 2020
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Health
Conflicts of interest among the UK government's COVID-19 advisers are not transparent
Little is known about the interests of the doctors, scientists, and academics on whose advice the UK government relies to manage the pandemic. But attempts by The BMJ to discover more have been thwarted, according to a special ...
Dec 9, 2020
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How pharma can build trust in COVID-19 vaccines: Transparency on trials and side effects
Promising results from large clinical trials testing three vaccines to prevent COVID-19 bring us a step closer to a widely available vaccine.
Nov 24, 2020
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Vaccination
New vaccine tracker provides real-time updates on progress in developing a COVID-19 vaccine
McGill University professor Nicole Basta and her team have created an interactive online COVID-19 vaccine tracker, that provides real-time updates on progress in developing a safe and effective vaccine.
Oct 26, 2020
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Vaccination
Moderna shares Covid-19 vaccine trial blueprints, Pfizer follows (Update)
US biotech firm Moderna, one of nine companies in the late stages of clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine, became the first to publish the complete blueprints of its study following calls for greater transparency.
Sep 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 policy makers could learn more about accountability from industries like aviation
Organizations could improve the transparency and accountability of COVID-19 policy making processes by learning from safety-critical industries like aviation, a new paper shows.
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What happens when COVID-19 and influenza collide? Can hospitals handle the strain?
Flu season is just around the corner, and the United States still hasn't contained the coronavirus. That sets up an unsettling challenge this fall: how to minimize the impact of the simultaneous spread of COVID-19 and seasonal ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Medical research
Low enrollment stymies completion of rare disease clinical trials
Rare diseases are anything but rare when taken together. In the United States alone, they affect nearly 30 million people. Yet clinical trials for rare diseases are frequently incomplete or go unpublished in the medical literature, ...
Dec 4, 2019
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