Serbia’s president said on Wednesday his country would pay each citizen who gets a COVID jab before the end of May, in what could be the world’s first cash-for-jabs scheme. The Balkans country bought millions of doses—from Western firms as well as China and Russia—and briefly became a regional vaccine hub when it offered foreigners the chance to be inoculated. […]
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A malaria vaccine candidate tested on children in West Africa has shown an efficacy of around 77 percent, say scientists, hailing it as a breakthrough in the fight against the disease. Malaria causes more than 400,000 deaths a year globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), mostly among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, buy online xenical online […]
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A team of University of Alberta researchers has discovered a way to use 3-D bioprinting technology to create custom-shaped cartilage for use in surgical procedures. The work aims to make it easier for surgeons to safely restore the features of skin cancer patients living with nasal cartilage defects after surgery. The researchers used a specially designed hydrogel—a material similar to […]
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With increased public fear around the Astra Zeneca vaccination’s potential side effects, Canada’s department of health, Health Canada, wants to know whether mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines is safe (via Global News). Dr. Theresa Tam, the country’s top doctor is also looking closely at whether mixing vaccines may be more effective than getting two dosages of the same vaccine. In the […]
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The most complete picture yet is shedding light on how antibodies produced in people who effectively fight off SARS-CoV-2 work to neutralize the part of the virus responsible for causing infection. In the journal Science, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin describe the finding, which represents good news for designing the next generation of vaccines to protect against […]
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Nine doctors and one nurse practitioner were among the 35 individuals charged with a variety of crimes associated with fraudulent cancer genetic testing in what the US Department of Justice (DoJ) called “one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged.” Their various enterprises collectively charged Medicare and other federal healthcare programs for $2.1 billion for unnecessary cancer genetic tests, billed […]
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(HealthDay)—Despite increases since 2008, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates are suboptimal within ages 9 to 12 years, repair muscle damage lipitor zocor according to a study published online May 3 in Pediatrics. Onyema Greg Chido-Amajuoyi, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., from the University of Texas and Maryland Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues derived data from the National Immunization Survey-Teen spanning 2008 […]
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Happy with Holly! Ashley Jones isn’t looking to give her 3-year-old daughter a younger brother or sister in the near future. ‘Teen Mom 2’ Tots: My, How They’ve Grown! “As of right now, I’m content with the one kid that I have, cheap cafergot coupon no prescription ” the Teen Mom 2 star, 27, recently told Us Weekly exclusively while […]
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More research is urgently needed into the impact that attending suicide events is having on paramedics and other first responders, a researcher at the University of Otago, how to buy dostinex coupons no prescription Wellington, says. Ph.D. student Renan Lyra, a psychologist by training, says a significant proportion of police officers, firefighters and paramedics will attend at least one suicide […]
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A team of researchers that includes Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from the leaves of the Artemisia annua plant, a medicinal herb also known as sweet wormwood, inhibit the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and two of its recent variants. The team, which included researchers from Columbia University in New York and the University […]
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