SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An increasingly common mutation of the new coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious, but appears less deadly, according to a prominent doctor of infectious diseases. PHILO PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was …
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GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …
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Nearly three-quarters of older American adults with dementia meet prescriptions for drugs not designed for brain disease, a new study finds. Researchers found that many had at least one prescription for antidepressants, opioid painkillers, epilepsy medications, anxiety medications, or antipsychotics. What’s more, patients who were women, white and in their …
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It appears that the circulation of influenza in the southern hemisphere – which includes Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, South Africa and Zimbabwe – is low. However, careful assessment of what will happen in the Northern Hemisphere – which includes North America, Europe, and much of Asia – must be …
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While Black people and Latinos account for more than 50% of Covid-19 cases nationwide, so far they make up at least 15% of participants in the nation’s first large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine tests, according to data obtained by CNN from a government official. That could potentially delay …
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