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The Pfizer vaccine may not be the best choice for frail people, but it’s too early to make firm conclusions
Reports of about 30 deaths among elderly nursing home residents who received the Pfizer vaccine have made international headlines. With Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) expected to approve the vaccine imminently and the roll out set to begin next month,…
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How to make exercise more enjoyable (no, really)
2020 has taught us a lot, especially when it comes to how we move (or don’t move). Here are the lessons learned by writer Chloe Gray and the Strong Women team. Never did I ever imagine a world without the…
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How long does it take to make vaccines?
In this post, we focus on how long it takes to develop and manufacture vaccines—particularly those designed to protect against COVID-19. To address those questions, we spoke with Jennifer Pancorbo, director of industry programs and research at NC State’s Biomanufacturing…
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How AI could make therapeutic decision-making for breast cancer more accurate, affordable
Imagine being a doctor and having a precocious resident permanently by your side, giving you brilliant insight into disease and helping you to identify the best treatment path for your patients. A team at Salesforce Research believes this scenario is…
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Two engineers design and donate a technique to make N95 masks reusable
In the spring of 2020, as the pandemic created a worldwide shortage of N95 masks, two Stanford engineers working out of their homes designed and demonstrated an effective yet inexpensive way to disinfect personal protective equipment (PPE). In two papers…
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Why AstraZeneca and others racing to make a COVID-19 vaccine should be more open about the process
AstraZeneca is resuming clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, following confirmation that is safe to do so. The trials were paused when one of the participants developed an “unexplained illness.” The pause is over, but the concerns that…
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Time to make masks mandatory? It’s not just a US debate
Amid pervasive backsliding on social distancing, Britain and France are weighing whether to require people to wear masks in public places. Scientists say the two countries’ governments should have done so ever since they started easing lockdowns—like many other European…
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Organ transplants make a turnaround from COVID-19 decline
Along with so much else across America, the coronavirus jolted the system that provides lifesaving organ transplants. As hospitals scrambled and doctors grappled with the risks to patients, the number of procedures plummeted. Yet by early June, transplants were almost…
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Flu researchers say we should make a NEW antiviral to stop coronavirus
Flu researchers say we should make a NEW antiviral to prevent coronavirus from replicating throughout the body and stop focusing on repurposing old drugs Researchers looked an older treatment for the flu, Tamiflu, and a newer treatment, Xofluza, the first…
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