Vaccination
How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved?
More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual reality could help treat sexual aversion and other sex-related disorders
A boom in new technologies is revolutionizing the field of mental health in terms of understanding and treating mental disorders like phobias, eating disorders or psychosis. Among these innovations, virtual reality (VR) is ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Vaccination
Vaccines effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in health care workers
(HealthDay)—COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective under real-world conditions in preventing symptomatic disease in health care personnel, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Sep 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Evidence shows that masks prevent COVID-19, and surgical masks are best
Do masks work? And if so, should you reach for an N95, a surgical mask, a cloth mask or a gaiter?
Sep 22, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Robotics bring the white cane into the 21st century
The "white cane" that many blind people rely on for navigating the world hasn't been upgraded in a century, but researchers are reporting progress on a "robo-cane" they hope will modernize the assistive device.
Sep 16, 2021
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Neuroscience
How the brain accounts for uncertainties in motor planning
In baseball, a pitch can take as little as 400 milliseconds to reach the plate. With a typical reaction time of 200 milliseconds and a swing of about 150 milliseconds, a batter must decide whether to swing and how to swing ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What full FDA approval of Pfizer's vaccine means for the future of the pandemic
After evaluating data from clinical trials and millions of doses administered in the real world, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 16 years of ...
Aug 27, 2021
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Surgery
Organ transplant recipients significantly protected by COVID-19 vaccination
In a Brief Communication, published July 29, 2021 in the journal Transplant Infectious Disease, a team of physician-scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that solid organ transplant recipients ...
Aug 5, 2021
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Medical research
Why COVID cases are now falling in the UK and what could happen next
After two months of soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, numbers have again started to fall—and to the surprise of many, fall quite dramatically. New cases peaked at 54,674 on July 17 before falling to 23,511 on July 27. They ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Vaccination
Reminding people COVID vaccines are much more effective than flu shots could ease hesitancy
After an incredible start, the UK's vaccination program is now slowing down. Over 80 million doses have been administered, but more than 10% of the UK adult population still hasn't been vaccinated. With COVID-19 cases once ...
Jul 21, 2021
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