Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said his company supports Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus-focused plan that is intended to boost vaccination efforts and address the...
Measuring mitochondrial DNA could predict who will need ICU care, intubation Credit: WANDY BEATTY One of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is doctors’...
Massive vaccine distribution efforts take a lot of coordination. The rollout of the Salk polio vaccine in the US in 1955 holds lessons for those delivering...
'Orphan drugs' with high price points are being tested as treatments for COVID-19. There's a better way to spur low-cost innovation for new drugs.
COVID-19 & The Emergence Of The Pandemic Industrial Complex Authored by Brian Berletic via ActivistPost.com, If official numbers are to be believed, the United States is...
With the third national lockdown under way, how can E.M. Forster's neglected masterpiece help us survive the next few months?
Children's Hospitals Grapple With Wave Of Mental Illness Authored by Carmen Heredia Rodriguez via Kaiser Health News, Krissy Williams, 15, had attempted suicide before, but never...
Simulations highlight potential value of developing ways to reduce how long someone is contagious Credit: Sarah Rebbert/PHICOR, 2020 (CC-BY) A new computational analysis suggests that a...
Whether you are predicting the outcome of an election or studying how effective a new drug is, there will always be some uncertainty. A margin of...
Medical ethicists have long been troubled that racial disparities make their way into healthcare decisions, with worse outcomes for racial minorities and other at-risk classes. Q3...
NY Assemblyman Defends Bill Permitting Detainment Of Carriers Of "Contagious Disease" Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, A New York Democrat on Sunday defended a...
At the start of 2021, 70 companies raised the price of hundreds of prescription drugs by an average of 3.3%.
Long-lasting symptoms appear unrelated to how bad your infection was, though women appear more affected than men.
In lab experiments, pralatrexate outperforms remdesivir against SARS-CoV-2 Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 (CC0) A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with...
Incyte and biotechnology company Cellenkos on Dec. 30 announced a partnership to assess the combination of ruxolitinib (Jakafi) and CK0804, cord blood-derived T-regulatory cells, in patients...
The brain is surprisingly changeable.
Alleviating separation anxiety is about changing the owner's behavior, too.
I Had COVID For 17 Days, Here's What It Was Like Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, A lot of folks are out...
Shares of Sorrento Therapeutics spiked 8% in Wednesday’s pre-market trading after the drugmaker filed for emergency use of its COVID-19 test with the US Food and...
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Are We Facing A Future Where Life Only Goes "Back To Normal" For Rich People? Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, As jobs...
Drugs like ketamine can relieve depression symptoms, including suicidal thoughts, within hours, but they also carry risks that patients need to understand.
AstraZeneca announced that it has received US regulatory approval for its Tagrisso treatment used for patients with non-small-cell lung carcinomas with specific mutations. Specifically, AstraZeneca’s (AZN)...
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has inked a collaboration and license agreement with Japan’s Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. for the development and sale of oral voclosporin for the treatment of...
The development of multiple vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 has been hailed as the breakthrough of 2020. But there were many more supporting discoveries...
Among the biggest trends to accelerate during the pandemic was the growth of telemedicine as well as pharmacy delivery with Amazon recently making its big anticipated...
COVID-19 has affected sleep for half of surveyed, with potential long-term mental health and insomnia impact worries Credit: University of Ottawa OTTAWA, ON _The COVID-19 pandemic...
Researchers show that self-harm was on the rise, even without the added stressors of a pandemic Credit: University of Cincinnati A recent study by a team...
California Leads West To Become Worst-Hit Region As US Vaccine Rollout Begins: Live Updates Tyler Durden Tue, 12/15/2020 - 10:05 Summary: Western US now worst-hit region...
NJ Lawmaker Wants Mandatory COVID Shot For All Kids Without Exemption Tyler Durden Fri, 12/11/2020 - 11:19 Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, A State...