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Sperm not affected nine months after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

A recent study compared the effects of COVID-19 vaccines on male fertility at a median of nine months after receipt of two mRNA vaccine doses.

8 Aug 2022

How does the flu vaccine affect the risk of contracting COVID-19?

A new study describes the association between the risk of contracting COVID-19 and the seasonal flu vaccine.

4 Aug 2022

Therapeutic use of ketamine may be safe, study suggests

Commonly used in medicine as an anesthetic, ketamine is also increasingly prescribed to relieve depressive symptoms. This very fast-acting psychotropic drug is particularly indicated for the treatment of patients resistant to conventional antidepressants.

4 Aug 2022

A combined influenza and COVID-19 mRNA vaccine

A combined mRNA vaccine is capable of inducing broad and durable protection against co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and IAV,

3 Aug 2022

Music festivals embrace overdose reversal drugs, but fentanyl testing kits remain taboo

A 26-year-old was found dead at his campsite during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in 2019. The toxicology report linked his death to a grim trend that has only worsened since.

3 Aug 2022

Drugs with antiviral activity against monkeypox virus

In a recent study posted as an accepted manuscript in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers from the University of Oklahoma described three drugs with antiviral activity against the monkeypox virus (MPXV).

2 Aug 2022

CDC study describes safety profile of second mRNA COVID booster

The CDC investigates the safety profile of a fourth dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines in people aged 50 years and older.

1 Aug 2022

IVI successfully completes the '2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing'

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) successfully completed the '2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing' on July 29 to train 106 participants from 24 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and 32 from the Republic of Korea.

29 Jul 2022

Celebrating the role of aspirin as chemopreventative agent against cancer

A special edition issue of the Aspirin Summaries has been published '125 years of aspirin - the role of aspirin in cancer' issue 2022.

29 Jul 2022

Novel algorithm identifies adverse drug events across the seven pediatric development stages

Side effects from pediatric drug treatment are responsible for nearly 10 percent of childhood hospitalizations, with nearly half of those being life-threatening. Despite the need to know more about these drugs and the adverse events they can have on children, little evidence is currently available.

28 Jul 2022

Moderna COVID vaccine is more effective in older and sicker veterans over time

Researchers report the higher effectiveness of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as compared to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

28 Jul 2022

Future wave of opioid-involved overdose deaths will spike in rural and urban areas

Over the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths - from prescription drugs to heroin to synthetic and semisynthetic opioids such as fentanyl - geography has played a role in where opioid-involved overdose deaths have occurred, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

28 Jul 2022

Study: Over half of the online pharmacies selling chemotherapy drugs operate unsafely or illegally

Patients seeking to purchase chemotherapy drugs online face a confusing array of websites, over half of which potentially operate unsafely or illegally, finds a new study in the July 2022 issue of JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

28 Jul 2022

Study provides a better understanding of accessibility to U.S. drugstores

Almost 90% of the U.S. population lives within 5 miles of a community pharmacy, but more than half of Americans have to commute for more than 1 mile to reach a pharmacist.

28 Jul 2022

Study shows efficacy and safety of cytisine as a smoking cessation therapy

Research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology shows cytisine may be a safe and effective smoking cessation therapy in lung cancer screening volunteers.

28 Jul 2022

Repurposing an antipsychotic drug to treat various types of cancer

To treat some of the psychosis issues associated with Parkinson's disease, physicians often prescribe pimavanserin, an antipsychotic drug that acts within the brain to prevent hallucinations and delusions.

28 Jul 2022

Everything you need to know about Paxlovid — especially, should you take it?

When President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 on July 21, his physician recommended he take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.

28 Jul 2022

Genetic variations in one serotonin receptor could be the reason behind psychedelic treatment disparity

When all else fails, some patients trying to overcome alcoholism, severe depression or anxiety, and even cluster headaches, turn to psychedelic drugs, which clinical research has shown can help treat individuals with these conditions, sometimes with dramatically positive results.

27 Jul 2022

Study finds molnupiravir well-tolerated, and effective in vaccinated and unvaccinated

Researchers report the phase II efficacy and safety of molnupiravir in both unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals.

27 Jul 2022

Efficacy of COVID mRNA vaccines among patients on CAR‐T‐lymphocyte therapy

Researchers evaluate the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines among patients receiving CAR‐T‐lymphocyte therapy.

27 Jul 2022

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Sperm not affected nine months after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

How does the flu vaccine affect the risk of contracting COVID-19?

Therapeutic use of ketamine may be safe, study suggests

A combined influenza and COVID-19 mRNA vaccine

Music festivals embrace overdose reversal drugs, but fentanyl testing kits remain taboo

Drugs with antiviral activity against monkeypox virus

CDC study describes safety profile of second mRNA COVID booster

IVI successfully completes the '2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing'

Celebrating the role of aspirin as chemopreventative agent against cancer

Novel algorithm identifies adverse drug events across the seven pediatric development stages

Moderna COVID vaccine is more effective in older and sicker veterans over time

Future wave of opioid-involved overdose deaths will spike in rural and urban areas

Study: Over half of the online pharmacies selling chemotherapy drugs operate unsafely or illegally

Study provides a better understanding of accessibility to U.S. drugstores

Study shows efficacy and safety of cytisine as a smoking cessation therapy

Repurposing an antipsychotic drug to treat various types of cancer

Everything you need to know about Paxlovid — especially, should you take it?

Genetic variations in one serotonin receptor could be the reason behind psychedelic treatment disparity

Study finds molnupiravir well-tolerated, and effective in vaccinated and unvaccinated

Efficacy of COVID mRNA vaccines among patients on CAR‐T‐lymphocyte therapy

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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