Novavax Vaccine Shows 51% Efficacy Against South African Variant, Study Finds
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine had efficacy of 51% against infections caused by the South African variant among people who were HIV negative, and 43% in a group that included people who were HIV positive, according to a…
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How we retrieve our knowledge about the world
In order to find our way in the world, we classify it into concepts, such as “telephone.” Until now, it was unclear how the brain retrieves these when we only encounter the word and don’t perceive the objects directly. Scientists…
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Pressure from COVID-19 on French hospitals eases further
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker looks at a COVID-19 patient’s medical notes in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis, near Paris, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in France, May 4, 2021….
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Studies Highlight Pandemic’s Impact on Patients With RMDs
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Reduced access to medical care, increased mental health issues, poor lifestyle habits, and concern over future care are just some of the patient-reported problems associated with…
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EU watchdog monitoring Pfizer, Moderna jabs for clot risks
Europe’s medicines watchdog said Friday it was checking whether COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna could be linked to rare cases of blood clotting, but there was no indication so far. The European Medicines Agency last month linked two…
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Exercise can help support recovery of patients with lasting COVID symptoms, study finds
Patients with lasting symptoms of COVID-19 who completed a six-week, supervised rehabilitation program demonstrated significant improvements in exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms, fatigue and cognition, according to researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre—a partnership…
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Study identifies discrepancies in WHO classifications of pesticide hazards
Scientists are calling for more stringent pesticide bans to lower deaths caused by deliberately ingesting toxic agricultural chemicals, which account for one fifth of global suicides. A Sri Lankan worker using pesticides without any protection. Image Credit: University of South…
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Study finds that regulatory protein prevents signaling that triggers cell death
A protein implicated in neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) prevents the activation of an innate immune response that leads to cell death, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. The protein, called TDP-43, regulates the accumulation of double-stranded RNA—genetic material found…
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Pregnant Lauren Burnham Calls Insecurities 'Irrelevant' After Miscarriage
After her May 2020 miscarriage, Lauren Burnham has a different perspective on her changing pregnant body. 31 Weeks! Bachelor’s Pregnant Lauren Burnham Shows Baby Bump Progress “I do feel very confident,” the Shades of Rose designer, 29, recently told Us…
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Germany breaks third virus wave but warns against complacency
Germany seems to have halted a surge of coronavirus infections driven by the British variant, its health minister said Friday, cautioning however against lifting restrictions precipitously. “The third wave appears to have broken,” Jens Spahn told a press conference in…
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