At a recent town hall meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, President Joe Biden was asked about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rising in response to the Delta variant. Touting the importance of vaccination, he said “We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten a vaccination. It’s that basic, that simple,” Biden said at the event,
Thank you for sharply spotting and kindly bringing to our attention an error in the units of event rates of the LEADER trial in Table 1 of our article (1). As you correctly surmise (2), we failed to notice the different units in this trial from the other trials, also due to the fact that
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Madrid, 24 jul (EFE) (Imágenes: Diego Barajas).- La semifinal de Madrid de la USN World Summer Cup, competición internacional de rap improvisado que se desarrolla en España durante el mes de julio, no decepcionó al público que se dio cita en la noche del viernes en Wanda Metropolitano, estadio del Atlético de Madrid. Buena prueba
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The $39bn deal, announced in December 2020, is AstraZeneca’s largest ever acquisition: allowing it to move further into immunology with an enhanced scientific presence, and giving it Alexion’s lead medicine soliris (eculizumab), among four other approved medicines and a pipeline of 11 molecules. AstraZeneca predicts Alexion will deliver double-digit average annual revenue growth through 2025:
Up to 2,000 children and young adults will be enrolled in a study from Children’s National Hospital in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) that will examine the long-term effects of COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) after these patients have recovered from a COVID-19 infection. This $40
Advancements in precision medicine offer the potential to transform healthcare and create customized medical solutions for patients. Mario Papillon, CEO of Cerba Research, discusses how his organization is supporting patients and helping them receive unique treatments more quickly by delivering efficient clinical trials. This dynamic approach, in combination with worldwide access to industry-leading laboratories, has
American Ballet Theatre — the country’s national ballet company — has announced they’ll be returning to the stage in New York City this October, a year after halting indoor performances due to Covid. “We cannot wait to see ABT in the Lincoln Center theaters that are our home,” ABT Executive Director Kara Medoff Barnett told
Our romantic relationships are some of the most important in our lives, bringing us joy, comfort and support. Building emotional intimacy strengthens these bonds even further, deepening your connection and your understanding of each others’ wants, needs, and desires. To help you along the way, we’ve gathered together 50 questions that help you build emotional
For one personal support worker at a nursing home in Ontario’s Norfolk County, each day is a blur. There should be at least six PSWs on each floor where she works, but many days, there are only three or four. “We are always short-staffed … It means the residents don’t get the proper care they deserve,”
A study from Japan suggests that a history of cardiovascular (CV) events in a spouse may elevate risk for future CV events in the other partner, with one caveat. Men in the cohort study were at increased risk if their wives had such a history, but the association was only one way. The risk of
I read with great interest the recent Perspective by Ferrannini and Rosenstock (1), which provides thoughtful insight on the interpretation of the numerous recent cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOT) in the field of type 2 diabetes. As far as I understand, though, there are some numerical mistakes in both Table 1 and Fig. 2A and B
“Consumers are relaxing their vigilance, just a little bit,” Lynn Dornblaser, director of innovation and insight at Mintel, told attendees at IFT’s virtual annual meeting & expo (IFT FIRST) this week. Pointing to consumers’ “top factors when shopping for food and drink” in July 2020 to March 2021, she explained that the percentage of consumers
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Issued: London UK – GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced positive headline results from five studies of the Phase 3 ASCEND programme, evaluating the efficacy and safety profile of daprodustat, an investigational oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), for patients with anaemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD). The ASCEND programme showed that daprodustat met its primary efficacy
Over a year of dealing with COVID-19 has left a lasting imprint on our daily lives. The pandemic disrupted usual work routines, with the majority of Americans having to work from home for long spells. While working from home has some hidden benefits, such as no daily commute, it also resulted in longer workdays and
Los cerdos salvajes, también conocidos como cerdos ferales, cerdos asilvestrados o jabalíes, son una de las especies invasoras más dañinas del planeta. Son reconocidos por dañar la agricultura y la biodiversidad. El principal motivo por el cual los cerdos salvajes son tan dañinos es porque voltean el suelo a gran escala, como si fueran tractores
A mediados del mes de mayo, cuando estábamos preocupados siguiendo el avance de la pandemia de covid-19, ocurrió un suceso que pasó relativamente desapercibido: el glaciar más grande jamás registrado se desprendió de la banquisa de Ronne, en la Antárdida Occidental. El monstruoso bloque de hielo –bautizado “A-76”–, con un tamaño ligeramente superior a la
Una preconcepción muy común en el imaginario colectivo es considerar la tuberculosis una enfermedad del siglo pasado, que ya ha sido erradicada. Cuando me preguntan sobre el tema de mi doctorado, las expresiones de estupor ante la respuesta son el denominador común al descubrir que la tuberculosis, lejos de ser un problema de salud pública
The COVID-19 pandemic saw greater flexibility in the regulatory approach to prevent drug shortages. Some commentators have asked whether the agency’s new experience with and comfort from exercise of its emergency use authorization (EUA) authority during the coronavirus crisis was a factor in the recent accelerated approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, a move that attracted
Chemotherapy has helped make acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) one of the most survivable childhood cancers. Now, researchers working in the U.S., Germany and China have shown how chemotherapy drugs called thiopurines can lead to mutations that set patients up for relapse. The work appears today in the journal Nature Cancer. The research provides the first