Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to wreak havoc globally, so scientists are rushing to develop an effective drug or vaccine to fight the infection. Since the epidemic began in December 2019.5 More than 33. million people have been infected, finding treatment for …
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(Reuters) – Global deaths from COVID-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to find a critical metric in epidemics: mortality – the percentage of people who die from a pathogen infection. Here’s a look at the issues to better understand COVID-19 mortality. How is the mortality rate …
Read More »COVID-19 lockdown only ‘postpones’ third wave problem, UK scientist warns
The UK government’s science adviser warned on Sunday that the ongoing lockdown was only “postponing the problem” – and warned that a third wave of coronavirus next year was “absolutely possible”. Mark Woolhouse, who sits on the UK’s Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on modeling (SPI-M), rejected the UK’s recent lockdown, …
Read More »Exclusive: Top advisory action on potential conflicts except FDA CVID-19 vaccine reviews
By Dan Levine, Marissa Taylor (Reuters) – Influential U.S. The physician, who heads the Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccine Advisory Committee, distanced herself from the panel review of the Covid-19 vaccine because of her role in overseeing the clinical trials of the Moderna Inc. candidate, a spokeswoman told Reuters. File …
Read More »Hell yes, it’s time to get your flu shot
A bottle of influenza virus vaccine was found on December 4, 2012 at the Minuteclinic of CVS Pharmacy in Miami, Florida. Photo: J Ra Radel (Getty Images) Friends: The time has come. It is the first day of harvestL, and yOr partially Fill the coronavirusA vaccine-shaped hole in your heart …
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