Russian scientists have proposed a new promising rapid way to diagnose breast cancer. It will spot the disease based on a blood test that takes between 15 and 20 minutes. The solution can be adapted to spot other diseases, ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Global inequities in access to COVID vaccines have turned out to be a "catastrophic moral failure," just as the World Health Organization warned they would in January 2021. Yet it took 20 months of negotiations for members ...
Nov 22, 2022
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More than two years since the COVID-19 global pandemic began, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues its rampage through rapidly evolving mutations and gaps in population immunity. But the outlook for managing COVID-19 is brighter ...
Jun 15, 2022
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As the omicron variant surges, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to issue more robust mask guidelines to help curb COVID-19 transmission. During personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages, ...
Jan 19, 2022
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A study of healthcare workers shows they were three times more likely to become infected during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general population. Around one in five of workers who were infected were asymptomatic and ...
May 25, 2021
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Dr. Msandeni Chiume Kayuni found herself in the middle of a supply crisis as COVID-19 spread to Africa in April 2020. As head of Pediatrics at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, her team faced a critical shortage ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have found that SARS-CoV-2 genetic material can be reliably detected in self-collected saliva samples at a rate similar to that of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Two researchers at the University of California, Davis, are adapting their technology for amyloid-based, self-organizing protein scaffolds to combat coronavirus. They hope the technique could be used in diagnostic tests or ...
Jun 23, 2020
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The American College of Cardiology together with other North American cardiovascular societies has issued a framework for ethically and safely reintroducing invasive cardiovascular procedures and diagnostic tests after the ...
May 4, 2020
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A ventilator developed by researchers from the Medical Robotics Research Group of the University of Málaga (UMA) in just 20 days to strengthen health care response to COVID-19, is already being manufactured after receiving ...
Apr 22, 2020
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