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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ensures long-term protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggests study

A recent report published in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna, Inc, USA, is capable of inducing robust and durable antibody responses for at least six months post-vaccination.

8 Apr 2021

‘Go ahead and vote me out’: What other places can learn from Santa Rosa’s tent city

It was early May, and officials in this Northern California city known for its farm-to-table dining culture and pumped-up housing prices were frantically debating how to keep covid-19 from infiltrating the homeless camps proliferating in the region's celebrated parks and trails.

8 Apr 2021

Increasing compliance with existing restrictions can stop the spread of COVID-19 virus, says expert

Responses from 9 500 inhabitants in 11 countries in a study financed by the EU have given the researchers an insight into how governments should act to stop the spread of the virus.

8 Apr 2021

Better masks, adequate ventilation can reduce spread of COVID-19 virus in enclosed spaces

With research increasingly showing the COVID-19 virus is transmissible via smaller droplets suspended in air, there is a growing concern current public health guidelines of mask wearing and social distancing are insufficient in combating its spread in indoor environments, like prisons, hospitals, and meatpacking plants, where people tend to be in close quarters.

8 Apr 2021

Smartphone mobility tracking strongly predicts COVID-19 outbreaks

Mobility tracking using cell phone data showing greater movement of people is a strong predictor of increased rates of COVID-19, according to new data in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

8 Apr 2021

Study: 1 in 10 people still has moderate to severe symptoms after mild COVID-19

Eight months after mild COVID-19, one in ten people still has at least one moderate to severe symptom that is perceived as having a negative impact on their work, social or home life. The most common long-term symptoms are a loss of smell and taste and fatigue.

8 Apr 2021

Joint industry project to advance markerless 3D analysis of biomechanics for sports, medicine

Southwest Research Institute has launched a joint industry project (JIP) to advance markerless 3D analysis of biomechanics for sports and medical applications.

8 Apr 2021

Racial diversity and poverty may influence heart-failure morbidity and mortality

Race associates with the risk of death from end-stage heart failure. So, identifying the molecular determinants of that risk may help the pursuit of the novel diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure, and its therapy.

8 Apr 2021

Hospital pandemic policies had negative outcomes in maternity patients, nurses

With a lethal, airborne virus spreading fast, hospitals had to change how they treated patients and policies for how caregivers provided that treatment. But for maternity patients and nurses some of those changes had negative outcomes, according to a new University of Washington study.

8 Apr 2021

Compassion training can improve the well-being of relatives of people with mental illness

If relatives of people with mental illness become better at accepting the difficult emotions and life events they experience - which is what training in compassion is about - their anxiety, depression and stress is reduced.

8 Apr 2021

Majority of New Zealanders see a silver lining to COVID-19 lockdown

Two thirds of New Zealanders believed there were 'silver linings' to the country's Alert Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown imposed in March last year, a University of Otago survey has found.

8 Apr 2021

Addiction experts seek to understand why people engage in 'extreme' drinking

It's a health crisis often hidden in plain sight. While binge drinking behaviors -- drinking alcohol to a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.08% or higher -- have been studied before, relatively little research has focused on people's behaviors and the consequences surrounding "extreme" drinking, or drinking alcohol to a blood alcohol concentration level of more than 0.16%.

7 Apr 2021

Unhealthy eating can have immediate effects on workplace performance

A recent study finds that unhealthy eating behaviors at night can make people less helpful and more withdrawn the next day at work.

7 Apr 2021

Phase II of Singapore's National Precision Medicine strategy to begin in April 2021

Precision medicine is part of Singapore's Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 strategic goal to transform and protect the health of every Singaporean.

7 Apr 2021

Study highlights how women's choice of birth control is affected by out-of-pocket costs

Getting a birth control implant used to cost some women hundreds of dollars, if they were among the nearly half of privately insured Americans covered by a health plan with a high deductible that they were responsible for paying.

7 Apr 2021

Pandemic's mitigation efforts may have contributed to drop in clinical trial completion rates

Social distancing and lockdowns may have reduced the spread of COVID-19, but researchers from Penn State College of Medicine also report those actions may have affected clinical researchers' ability to finish trials.

7 Apr 2021

Doctor survived Cambodia’s killing fields, but not Covid

Linath Lim's life was shaped by starvation. She was not yet 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia and ripped her family apart. The totalitarian regime sent her and four siblings to work camps, where they planted rice and dug irrigation canals from sunrise to sunset — each surviving on two ladles of rice gruel a day. One disappeared, never to be found.

7 Apr 2021

Study: Disparities persist in prescribing comfort care for ischemic stroke patients

Receiving palliative or hospice care services was found to improve quality of life for hospitalized ischemic stroke patients, however, disparities persist in which patients are prescribed or have access to these holistic comfort care options, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

7 Apr 2021

Researchers address the issue of drug shortages

The two researchers are among the first to address the issue of drug shortages in contexts outside of the US; their study will look at the supply of medicines in Europe, with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

7 Apr 2021

Novel polyclonal antibody XAV-19 efficiently neutralizes UK and South African SARS-CoV-2 variants

A promising new study reports on the high neutralizing efficacy of a polyclonal swine antibody against SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen responsible for the novel COVID-19. By demonstrating the ability of this antibody to neutralize all currently circulating viral variants, the study suggests that it is ideal for development as a new and very effective therapy for COVID-19.

7 Apr 2021

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ensures long-term protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggests study

‘Go ahead and vote me out’: What other places can learn from Santa Rosa’s tent city

Increasing compliance with existing restrictions can stop the spread of COVID-19 virus, says expert

Better masks, adequate ventilation can reduce spread of COVID-19 virus in enclosed spaces

Smartphone mobility tracking strongly predicts COVID-19 outbreaks

Study: 1 in 10 people still has moderate to severe symptoms after mild COVID-19

Joint industry project to advance markerless 3D analysis of biomechanics for sports, medicine

Racial diversity and poverty may influence heart-failure morbidity and mortality

Hospital pandemic policies had negative outcomes in maternity patients, nurses

Compassion training can improve the well-being of relatives of people with mental illness

Majority of New Zealanders see a silver lining to COVID-19 lockdown

Addiction experts seek to understand why people engage in 'extreme' drinking

Unhealthy eating can have immediate effects on workplace performance

Phase II of Singapore's National Precision Medicine strategy to begin in April 2021

Study highlights how women's choice of birth control is affected by out-of-pocket costs

Pandemic's mitigation efforts may have contributed to drop in clinical trial completion rates

Doctor survived Cambodia’s killing fields, but not Covid

Study: Disparities persist in prescribing comfort care for ischemic stroke patients

Researchers address the issue of drug shortages

Novel polyclonal antibody XAV-19 efficiently neutralizes UK and South African SARS-CoV-2 variants

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