The Omicron variant with over 30 mutations in its spike protein has prompted us to launch a systematic effort to better understand how the virus genomes...
Having access to an mRNA vaccine will be critical to China’s ongoing COVID response.
Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) has risen in recent days following its request to the Food and Drug Administration to allow its Covid vaccine to be used in...
James Dahlman and Phil Santangelo are helping to define an evolving era in medicine, one in which messenger ribonucleic acid — mRNA — can be delivered...
FDA Suddenly Scrubs Moderna Document From Website After Reporters Ask Questions Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) A Food and Drug Administration...
Aside from vaccines, the advent of several effective COVID-19 antiviral therapies, including Pfizer’s Paxlovid, provides hope for ending the pandemic. Details about the U.S. government’s contract...
Like other viruses, SARS-CoV-2 uses countermeasures to overcome human defenses—countermeasures that can be negated with the help of combination antiviral drugs The post Beating COVID-19 Means...
The FDA is requiring Moderna to conduct postmarketing studies to further assess the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination with Spikevax. The agency acted after...
One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent spread of invasive plant and animal species. Land flatworms have invaded the entire world, principally via the...
Researchers at the University of Washington developed a new COVID testing technology that can provide accurate results in as little as 30 minutes. The technology intends...
Amidst news of current COVID-19 vaccines proving less effective against infections with Delta and Omicron variants of the disease, researchers are turning toward the development of pan-coronavirus vaccines that...
Philina Lee → When Jeff Albers announced he would no longer be CEO of Blueprint Medicines, the leadership carousel at the Aykakit maker had yet to...
Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new...
Researchers have developed a $51 “lab-in-a-backpack” that could expand the ability of resource-poor regions to offer fast, reliable, noninvasive detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
Spotify Removing Neil Young's Music After Tantrum Over Joe Rogan 'Misinformation' Streaming music service Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young's music, depriving tens...
The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence and MilliporeSigma brought together the thought-power of gurus in science, healthcare, public policy and other sectors to answer the question:...
'It's Him Or Me': Neil Young Throws Tantrum Over Joe Rogan, Demands Spotify Remove His Songs Canadian-American 70s performer Neil Percival Young has taken a stand...
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Link to full release with images: Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Link to full release with images: https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/01/24/harmony-covid19/ FROM: James Urton University of Washington 206-543-2580 jurton@uw.edu ...
A third booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson increases antibody levels significantly in those who have previously received...
DNA and mRNA vaccines produce a different kind of immune response than traditional vaccines, allowing researchers to tackle some previously unsolvable problems in medicine.
New Hampshire Pharmacies Could Soon Begin Dispensing Ivermectin Without Doctor's Prescription A bill working its way through the New Hampshire legislature would allow residents to receive...
Just when we started to think it was over, Omicron popped up and reminded us that this thing is a whole lot more complex than just...
Researchers have been working to develop approaches to curing Type 1 diabetes by transplanting healthy islet cells into the pancreas. Investigators at Northwestern University have developed a technique to make...
John Maraganore → The needle on the Maraganore Meter is moving again, as John Maraganore keeps collecting more post-Alnylam roles. First, he and BeiGene co-founder Peter...
Sewage Surveillance Reveals Omicron Arrived In US Even Earlier Than Believed (And Is Disappearing Fast) Shortly after the start of the COVID pandemic, scientists at Yale...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and White House chief medical advisor, said they expect the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Jan. 20, 2022 Credit: UMass Lowell courtesy photo Jan. 20, 2022 Contact: Nancy Cicco, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu UMass Lowell is working to freeze-dry COVID vaccines Innovation...
Belgium’s UCB is acquiring California-based Zogenix, a company focused on rare diseases, in a deal valued up to €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion).
When used in children, rapid antigen tests for detecting the coronavirus do not meet accuracy criteria set by the World Health Organization and U.S. and UK...