Analysis: A gap is growing between Democrats and Republicans on who’s getting vaccinated
As the pace of daily vaccinations slides in the US, the Biden administration is directing fresh urgency to one of the biggest political challenges it faces...
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Germany pulls virus ’emergency brake’ but not all on board
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday defended a fiercely-opposed new law imposing tough coronavirus restrictions across Germany including night curfews and school closures.
Global experts define how to assess quality of care for patients with atrial fibrillation
Management and outcomes of adults with atrial fibrillation are presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The...
Simple foot test detects heart rhythm disorder in patients with diabetes
Atrial fibrillation can be detected during annual foot assessments in patients with diabetes, according to research presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of...
One billion Covid jabs: a pin-prick of hope for humanity
On December 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world’s first COVID vaccination—a chink of light at the end...
Targeting drug-resistant breast cancer with estrogen
Researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) hope to make estrogen therapy a more accessible treatment option for breast cancer patients who could...
Body’s natural pain killers can be enhanced
Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine—these substances are familiar to many as a source of both pain relief and the cause of a painful epidemic of addiction and death.
‘Best thing I’ve done’: First person to get COVID jab is still beaming
It was the shot in the arm that made history: in December last year British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person in the Western world...
Covid jabs at the ends of the earth
Nearly one billion COVID jabs have now been administered worldwide but reaching people in all four corners of the planet is an unprecedented logistical challenge.
US experts recommend resuming J&J COVID vaccinations
The United States should resume Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations, an expert panel recommended to health authorities on Friday, after a pause prompted by blood clot...
