New drugs to fight COVID-19 developed
Scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Queensland have developed two new drugs to both prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, and also treat people who have been...
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New reports say COVID-19 deaths have been undercounted
As public health officials around the world reshape policy in reaction to COVID-19, it is clear that those moves need to be based on a more...
Transparent methods for developing evidence-based living, rapid practice points
The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a paper that details the methods that its Scientific Medical Policy Committee (SMPC) uses to develop ACP living,...
Data from smartwatches can help predict clinical blood test results
Smartwatches and other wearable devices may be used to sense illness, dehydration and even changes to the red blood cell count, according to biomedical engineers and...
HPV vaccine shows success in gay, bisexual men
A study by Monash University and Alfred Health found a 70 percent reduction in one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) in gay and bisexual men after...
Discovery sheds light on real-time evolution of immune system’s ‘antibody factories’
The immune system’s B cells have the unique distinction of being the only cells in the human body that evolve, in real time—and an international team...
Press (re)play to remember: How the brain strengthens memories during sleep
While we sleep, the brain produces particular activation patterns. When two of these patterns—slow oscillations and sleep spindles—gear into each other, previous experiences are reactivated. The...
Hong Kong could soon bin millions of unused vaccine doses
Hong Kong may soon have to throw away millions of coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed...
New Zealand halts travel bubble with Australian state
New Zealand suspended quarantine-free travel with Australia’s Victoria state over a new coronavirus cluster Tuesday, the fourth time the trans-Tasman travel bubble has been disrupted since...
Haiti imposes curfew, orders mask use for pandemic emergency
Haiti’s government imposed a nightly curfew and other restrictions Monday under an eight-day “health emergency” meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
