Category: Health
Swiss doctors urge COVID vulnerable to declare end-of-life wishes in advance
Swiss doctors have urged those vulnerable to COVID-19 complications to record their wishes for end-of-life care in advance to help ease pressure on intensive care units, [...] » More
Analysis: Can first COVID-19 vaccines bring herd immunity? Experts have doubts
Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID-19 vaccines could bring “herd immunity”, with some calculating that immunising just two-thirds of a [...] » More
Breakthrough COVID vaccine tech could help defeat other diseases
Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a virus-zapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID-19 but future pandemics and even [...] » More
Moderna vaccine is second to exceed expectations; mutated virus may be more vulnerable to new vaccines
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by [...] » More
World should not be complacent after COVID-19 vaccine news-WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed Moderna reporting on Monday that its experimental vaccine showed 94.5 percent efficacy but said that “many questions” [...] » More
WHO says it investigating potential cluster of COVID-19 cases among staff
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday there had been 65 coronavirus infections among staff at its Geneva headquarters since the start of the pandemic and that a [...] » More
J&J starts two-dose trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Johnson & Johnson launched a new large-scale late-stage trial on Monday to test a two-dose regimen of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine and evaluate potential incremental [...] » More
Riskier blood thinner used more often in Black patients; psychiatric issues linked to COVID-19
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by [...] » More
Vaccine innovation sparks hope, questions
Reports that one of the vaccines for Covid-19 has shown highly promising results are a ray of hope for a world in the shadow of surging virus cases. But does it mean the [...] » More
We may soon have a COVID-19 vaccine. But will enough people take it?
With COVID-19 vaccine trial results looking positive, governments and pharmaceutical firms face their next daunting challenge: convincing the world to get inoculated. Public [...] » More
Pfiser, BioNTech initial vaccine results impress, but scientists remain cautious
Scientists on Monday said initial trial results for Pfiser Inc and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine far outpaced their expectations for protection against a completely [...] » More
One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days-study
Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20 percent of those infected [...] » More
Pfiser vaccine trial success signals breakthrough in pandemic battle
Pfiser Inc’s PFE.N experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective based on initial trial results, the drugmaker said on Monday, a major victory in the [...] » More
Why Pfiser’s ultra-cold COVID-19 vaccine will not be at the local pharmacy any time soon
Work to distribute the experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfiser Inc and BioNTech SE is gearing up after the companies announced successful interim data earlier on [...] » More
English study suggests T cells could be sufficient to protect from COVID-19
High levels of so-called “T cells” that respond to the coronavirus could be sufficient to offer protection against infection, an English study said on Tuesday, [...] » More
