Sanofi-GSK COVID vaccine moves forward
After late-stage clinical human trials showed their protein-based COVID-19 vaccine provided a high level of protection against the disease, the French drugmaker Sanofi and …
After late-stage clinical human trials showed their protein-based COVID-19 vaccine provided a high level of protection against the disease, the French drugmaker Sanofi and …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doubled down on its recommendation that everyone receive COVID-19 booster shots after a study they published …
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COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology are not only safe for expectant mothers and their babies but also create protective antibodies in both mothers and …
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Scientists hoping to fight tick-borne diseases last week announced “a new protocol that allows gene editing at the embryo stage in ticks, previously thought …
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As of last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported several incidences of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) …
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Bias against Black patients in the United States was documented in two different reports published last month. Black patients are two-and-a-half times more likely …
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The third person ever to be cured of HIV with medical treatment was the first female patient and the first to receive a transplant …
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In the battle against health-care associated infections, prevention and control are basic measures that can be taken worldwide, according to a report delivered to …
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Four out of 10 cancer diagnoses in the United States—about 750,000 cases in 2020—and nearly half of all cancer deaths in the country can …
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The world is marking constant progress towards the elimination of rubella, with approximately half of countries worldwide managing to eliminate this virus from the …
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