Clot questions over AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine
The AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have come under suspicion of causing very rare but serious blood clots in a handful of cases among the...
Daily Archive: April 14, 2021
Glaucoma may be more than just an issue of eye pressure
A chemical known to protect nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness, results of a new study in rats show.
Zoom Burnout Is Real, and It’s Worse for Women
In a new study, women reported higher levels of fatigue associated with video calls than men. The solution, though, isn’t as simple as not having video...
Germany to give different second jab to AstraZeneca recipients under 60
People aged under 60 who have been given a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Germany will receive a different jab for their second...
Pfizer says it can deliver 10% more COVID vaccines by end of May
Pfizer has “ramped up production” of its COVID-19 vaccine and can deliver 10 percent more doses than expected to the United States by the end of...
Moderna Covid vaccine efficacy falls slightly to 90% in US trial
US biotech company Moderna announced COVID vaccine is 90 percent effective against all forms of the disease and 95 percent effective against severe disease.
I got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Now what?
I got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Now what?
Chemical modification of RNA could play key role in polycystic kidney disease
A chemical modification of RNA that can be influenced by diet appears to play a key role in polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disorder that is...
Brachytherapy may continue following uterine perforation in cervical cancer patients
A new study finds that brachytherapy, a common procedure that delivers radiation directly to cancer cells, may continue safely, potentially without delay or antibiotics, in cervical...
Rapid decreases in resting heart rate from childhood to adulthood may indicate heart trouble ahead
While a slow resting heart rate is generally considered a good thing, investigators have some of the first evidence that if that rate decreases rapidly as...
