[ad_1] By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Ababa, October 19, 2020 – In Ethiopia, the situation of unemployed doctors has recently become a major topic of public conversation. Doctors have been expressing their frustration and the difficulties they are experiencing when trying to find a job. The unemployment of newly graduated …
Read More »Gilead’s Remdesivir Has Little To No Effect On Survival Of COVID-19 Patients, According To WHO Solidarity Trial: COVID-19
[ad_1] The world’s largest randomized control trial of COVID-19 therapeutics has found that the antiviral drug remdesivir from Gilead Sciences (Foster City, CA, USA) had no significant effect on patients’ chances of survival. infected. The World Health Organization (WHO) SOLIDARITY trial that studied remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir / ritonavir, and interferon …
Read More »Ethiopia seeks children forced to work and marry during pandemic
[ad_1] By Emeline Wuilbercq ADDIS ABABA, Oct 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ethiopia has established a network of committees to identify children forced to work or marry during the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure that schools are safe to reopen this week, although activists fear it will be difficult to …
Read More »Killer Cells in Ebola Immunity Study Could Help Covid Research | Ebola
[ad_1] Immunity to the deadly Ebola virus could last for years after infection, the world’s longest survivor study by British and Guinean scientists has concluded in findings that could have implications for Covid immunity research. The findings are the result of the world’s largest and most comprehensive study of survivors …
Read More »The coronavirus survives on the skin five times longer than the flu: Study – Health
[ad_1] The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. By comparison, the pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours, according to the …
Read More »Sinopharm’s SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidate BBIBP-CorV Shows Promise in Clinical Trials
[ad_1] Researchers in China have conducted a phase 1/2 trial demonstrating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of a candidate vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent responsible for the current coronavirus disease 2019. (COVID-19) pandemic. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial showed that the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, …
Read More »The Concerti algorithm identifies intrapatient heteroplasmias in patients with SARS-CoV-2
[ad_1] The severe acute respiratory syndrome virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that emerged in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has affected more than 39.8 million lives worldwide and has claimed more than 1.11 million deaths to date. While extensive sequencing efforts are …
Read More »Future waves of COVID-19 will likely lead to more school closings
[ad_1] UK researchers have warned that as future waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appear to be unavoidable, schools are likely to come under increased pressure to close. The team says that the negative impacts that school closings could have on children and society at large should be properly considered …
Read More »Coronavirus remains active on human skin for 9 hours: study
[ad_1] The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. By comparison, the pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours, according to the …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccines: getting the skeptics to roll up their sleeves won’t be easy
[ad_1] Photographer: Joe Raedle / Getty Images Photographer: Joe Raedle / Getty Images Eddie Rice believes in vaccines. The Melbourne locksmith has taken a beating in the past and understands that they go through rigorous testing before they are implemented. This time around, as investigators move forward with potential shots …
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