Vaccination
Merkel, Macron defend EU vaccine strategy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday defended the European Union's joint COVID-19 vaccination rollout despite its troubled start.
Feb 5, 2021
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Vaccination
Sri Lanka approves vaccine amid warnings of virus spread
Sri Lanka on Friday approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to stop the system from collapsing.
Jan 22, 2021
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Medications
Could we use statins to treat COVID-19?
Nothing in medicine is as exciting as discovering new drugs. However, this process is time consuming, expensive and not always necessary. Sometimes, existing drugs can be used to manage illnesses that are different to those ...
Dec 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Investigation in meat processing plant suggests aerosol SARS-CoV-2 transmission in confined workspace
The importance of maintaining high quality air flow to restrict transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in confined workspaces has been strongly indicated by the investigation of an outbreak of the virus at a German meat processing plant ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Chinese drugmaker setting up vaccine production lines
A state-owned Chinese drugmaker is setting up production lines to supply 1 billion doses of two possible coronavirus vaccines that are being tested on 50,000 people in 10 countries, the company chairman said Tuesday.
Oct 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Czech volunteers develop functioning lung ventilator in days
Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators—he's an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But when he saw that shortages of the vital machines had imperiled critically ill COVID-19 patients ...
Jul 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apple to ship 1 mn face shields a week for medical workers
Apple has said it will soon be producing one million face shields a week for medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 6, 2020
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'Printing money': booming mask producers in China meet global demand
As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a new and very profitable market –- face masks for export.
Mar 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vacuum cleaner firm answers UK call to make ventilators
When vacuum cleaner manufacturer Nick Grey got an email last weekend from a "special government adviser" urging him to get in touch, he thought it was a hoax.
Mar 24, 2020
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Factories pivot to fight coronavirus, but challenges abound
Factories that crank out cars and trucks looking into making much-needed ventilators. Distilleries intended for whiskey and rum to instead turn out hand sanitizers and disinfectants. And an electronics maker that builds display ...
Mar 21, 2020
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