Hormones produced by the thyroid gland are essential regulators of organ function. The absence of these hormones either through thyroid dysfunction due to, for example, irradiation, thyroid cancer or autoimmune disease or thyroidectomy leads to symptoms like fatigue, feeling cold,…
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Ghana is first nation in world to receive COVAX vaccines
Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines, delivered by…
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Vaccine roll-out working in Scotland, first national study suggests
Vaccination has been linked to a substantial reduction in the risk of COVID-19 admissions to Scotland’s hospitals, landmark research suggests. The study is the first to describe across an entire country the effect of the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs in…
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Life expectancy in US fell by one full year during first half of 2020
Life expectancy in the U.S. fell by a full YEAR in the first half of 2020 – the biggest drop in two decades – amid pandemic-linked deaths and surge in fatal overdoses, CDC finds Life expectancy in the U.S. fell…
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Growing concern over first W.Africa Ebola outbreak for five years
West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday, with Guinea responding to what its health chief called an “epidemic” after seven cases were confirmed. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic stretching…
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Rabies treatment demonstrated as safe and effective for use in children in first pediatric trial
A treatment, known as KEDRAB (Rabies Immune Globulin [Human]), currently used in the prevention of rabies has been demonstrated to be safe and effective for patients age 17 and under. Results published today in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics report the…
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FDA Approves Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) as First Immunotherapy Indicated for Patients with Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and PARIS, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) as the first immunotherapy treatment indicated for patients with…
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Adorable! 'Married at First Sight' Babies: Pics
Baby boom! These successful Married at First Sight couples didn’t stop at just tying the knot, but began growing their families after their nuptials. Season 1 stars Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner have been open with their fans about their…
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First observation of the early association between proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease
During the pre-clinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease, i.e. when subtle changes are taking place in the brain but no cognitive symptoms can be observed, the cortex presents a state of transient hyperexcitability. To date, several studies conducted in animals have…
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Hong Kong lifts first virus lockdown after mass testing
Hong Kong lifted its first neighbourhood coronavirus lockdown on Monday morning after testing some 7,000 people and finding just a handful of cases as debate swirled over the efficacy of the move. Over the weekend police moved in to seal…
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