Medical
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Reports of Allergic Reactions to Moderna Vaccine
Moderna is investigating reports of allergic reactions to its COVID-19 vaccine when employees at a San Diego vaccination center required medical...
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Kids Highly Likely to Transmit COVID to Others
While children are less susceptible to illness with the new coronavirus, they are nearly 60% more likely than adults over 60 to infect other family...
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New maintenance treatment for AML shows strong benefit for patients
Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of acute leukemia in adults, that has gone into remission following initial...
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Study examines risk factors for developing ME/CFS in college students after infectious mononucleosis
Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (which is almost always caused by Epstein-Barr virus) within 1-6 weeks, but some...
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First-ever systematic review to understand geographic factors that affect HPV vaccination rates
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with an estimated 79 million Americans currently infected with the...
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Corning to highlight newest products in 3D cell culture portfolio at SLAS2021
Corning Incorporated will highlight its latest technologies that support the advancement of 3D cell culture, automation, and drug discovery at this...
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George Mason researchers investigating COVID-19 therapies
Yuntao Wu, Professor, Molecular and Microbiology, and Ramin Hakami, Associate Professor, School of Systems Biology, are conducting studies of...
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UC research team uses zebrafish to study a gene mutation that causes congenital scoliosis
Popular in aquariums all over the world, the zebrafish is native to South Asia. But here in a Cincinnati Children's laboratory, the freshwater...
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Researchers identify protein that may represent a safer treatment target for pancreatic cancer
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, have identified a protein that may represent a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of...
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Study shows disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Asian populations
Patients of Asian and black backgrounds suffered disproportionate rates of premature death from COVID-19, according to a study of 1,737 patients by...
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Novel neutralizing antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 N-terminal domain discovered
A new study by US-based researchers shows the presence of protective antibodies that target the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the spike instead of the...
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Opinion: The day we let Covid-19 spin out of control
Jan. 24 marks the one-year anniversary of a momentous but largely unnoticed event in the history of the Covid-19 pandemic: the first published...
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STAT+: PhRMA sues to block Trump administration 340B rule
WASHINGTON — The trade group for the pharmaceutical industry on Friday sued to block a new process, outlined by the Trump...
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CDC reports rare allergic reactions to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, like the one made by Pfizer and BioNTech, appears to induce rare anaphylactic reactions in a small number of people...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer agrees to supply Covid-19 vaccine to WHO Covax program; FDA approves first injectable HIV medicine
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream...
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Opinion: Travel bans should be based on evidence, not politics or fear
The Trump White House on Monday released a presidential proclamation terminating travel bans on visitors from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil,...
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Opinion: The race to where? A primary care session during the pandemic
The green dots on the schedule screen in my primary care office light up in rapid succession. All of my patients are arriving....
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With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
In September, after the Food and Drug Administration authorized certain Covid-19 treatments based more on presidential puffery than on clinical...
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Listen: Remembering STAT’s Sharon Begley
How do monkeys and Microsoft Word explain CRISPR? What does it mean to be “the Meryl Streep of journalism”? And who had more jobs:...
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FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection
In a move that could transform HIV treatment, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a monthly injectable medication, a regimen designed to...
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Covid-19 vaccine supply is running low. Here’s how Biden hopes to fix that
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is willing to consider almost anything to boost the nation’s dwindling supply of Covid-19...
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STAT+: Canada’s drug makers rattle their sabers over a government plan to control medicine spending
A majority of pharmaceutical executives in Canada say new regulations designed to cut prescription drug spending by the Canadian government are...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Lilly says its antibody prevented Covid-19 in a trial; EU and Pfizer clash over vaccine delays
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because our short person is hovering once again over a laptop and our...
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Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody prevented Covid-19 infections in clinical trial
Eli Lilly said Thursday that its monoclonal antibody prevented Covid-19 infections in nursing home residents and staff in a clinical trial, the...
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Opinion: Antibody-assisted vaccination will speed the path to protection
After almost a year of pandemic terror, the end is in sight. But you still have to squint. The FDA has granted emergency use authorization for...