German couple Professors Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci said they are hesitant to say they can find a cure for cancer, but that they have had ‘breakthroughs’ that they will keep working on. They said the development and success of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 […]
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China: Xi discusses COVID-19, security as communist congress starts
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focussing heavily on security and reiterating policy priorities. Xi, 69, is widely expected to win a third […]
Deer and mink can harbor Covid-19: Why animal virologists say we need to worry
In April 2020, tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo made the news when they came down with Covid-19. In the months following these surprising diagnoses, researchers and veterinarians found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in nearly a dozen other species, both in captivity […]
Dartmouth Health experts urge everyone eligible to get newest COVID-19 booster
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Experts at Dartmouth Health are recommending that everyone eligible for the new bivalent COVID-19 booster get the shot. Health experts said the vaccine has increased protection against the omicron BA.5 variant, which has become the predominant strain in the United States. Anyone […]
Love in the time of COVID-19
Andrea Tan, who is a love and intimacy coach, said that while there was a slump in human connection, there was also an overload of information. Amid an influx of ideas such as “women and independence” and “sexual liberalisation” during the pandemic, Asian women in […]
Characterising social contacts under COVID-19 control measures in Africa – BMC Medicine
Respondent characteristics Twenty-three thousand nine hundred forty respondents and 563,976 contacts were analysed across the 18 countries for survey 1 and 25,640 respondents and 607,142 contacts across the 19 countries for survey 2. The percentage of people who agreed to participate out of all people […]
IATA: China’s COVID-19 Policy Continues To Hinder Hong Kong
Hong Kong (HKG) will be unable to recover as long as China restricts flights and travel even though the city has moved to ease its own COVID-19 restrictions, according to IATA. Hong Kong late last month ended the mandatory 3-day hotel quarantine required of all […]
Covid-19: Are we going back to mask-wearing?
There may be a little sense of déjà vu about the warnings today from Government about the potential for some mandatory mask-wearing if there is a big Covid-19 wave this winter. But it is really just a precautionary position and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar did say […]
Oil falls on fears of global recession, China COVID flare-up
LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Oil prices fell about 2% on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s almost 2% decline, as recession fears and a flare-up in COVID-19 cases in China raised concerns over global demand. World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund Managing […]
Chronic liver disease in COVID-19 patients – News
By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D.Oct 10 2022Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. The global outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which subsequently led to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has claimed more than 6.5 million lives worldwide. Although SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory […]