PHILO PHOTO: Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), speaks at a House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic hearing in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2020. Erin Scott / Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) – South American states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are …
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Doctors have long known that even short exposure to air pollution can make asthma less, but less is known about whether pollution increases the risk that children will develop asthma in the first place. Researchers looked at data from nearly 780,000 Danish children born between 1997 and 2014. They followed …
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Three doctors in California say residents need to be aware that smoke from fire increases respiratory symptoms and can lead to increased ER visits for asthma and other respiratory problems. Smoke particles from the fires, which spread hundreds of miles, damaged the lungs, said Dr. Stephanie Christenson, an assistant professor …
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Text size Data from BioNTech and Pfizer were particularly promising. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images After a hiatus from a late summer break, the news of a Covid-19 vaccine is heating up again as a handful of leading programs are rapidly moving to a decisive phase. Reports from several companies …
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Shares of CureVac NV rose Thursday after the German biotech company said it was in advanced talks to deliver at least 225 million doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine to EU member states. CureVac said talks with the EC, the executive arm of the European Union, include an option to …
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