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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease has been caused by the rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has already claimed more than 5.23 million lives. Scientists have worked extremely hard to develop vaccines, many of which have received emergency use authorization from global regulatory bodies. Two mRNA-based vaccines (BNT162b2

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Disorder and confusion erupted in the halls outside the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday as several Republican lawmakers defied a new requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test and were blocked by state troopers— albeit briefly —

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) continues to recommend that pediatricians and other primary-care doctors apply fluoride varnish to infants’ primary teeth soon after they erupt. This grade-B recommendation is consistent with the 2014 recommendation from the task force. The task force also continues to recommend that primary-care doctors

TC-325, a bentonite-derived hemostatic powder, was not inferior to standard therapy for the endoscopic management of acute nonvariceal upper GI bleeding, according to a new study. The findings from the study, lead investigator and study author James Y.W. Lau, MD, of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong, said in an interview, suggest TC-325

Reducing rates of high blood pressure by just a quarter could save 37,000 lives and return $34.3 billion to the economy according to Australia’s leading experts. If all Australians currently living with high blood pressure were properly treated, as many as 83,000 lives could be saved resulting in a $91.6 billion return. Alta Schutte, professorial

A new strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 employs a mobile robot that detects people in crowds who are not observing social-distancing rules, navigates to them, and encourages them to move apart. Adarsh Jagan Sathyamoorthy of the University of Maryland, College Park, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on

Heart attack: Experts claim a vegan diet can 'help prevent' them We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Heart attacks present few

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A cream containing Dermavant Sciences’ experimental drug tapinarof significantly improves plaque psoriasis in about a third of patients, but it may also spark headaches and other side effects such as folliculitis and contact dermatitis, according to results of two phase-3 trials. The once-daily topical aryl-hydrocarbon-receptor-modulating agent is currently being evaluated

Alzheimer's is a type of dementia which impacts the memory, thinking and behaviour of an individual. Symptoms could sometimes grow severe enough to get in the way of daily tasks like even holding a conversation. Now scientists reckon that Viagra has the unexpected health benefit of reducing the risk of the disease by over two-thirds.

Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A new study correlated a

This Morning: Dr Chris reveals grapefruit can affect statins We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Asthenia is a medical term for

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Christmas period is one of indulgence for many. This often includes indulgent foods like

In a recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv*, researchers discuss the long-term humoral immune responses in hemodialysis patients after being vaccinated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) BNT162b2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech). To this end, 40% of the patients regressed to a borderline or negative antibody status at six

Back pain affects many people at some point in their lives, and a common cause is damage to the squishy discs or flexible, rubbery tissues of the spine. However, observing this damage at an early stage is difficult with current imaging methods. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano can see microscopic soft tissue destruction in animal spines

The majority of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) face access barriers to evidence-based treatment. While the COVID-19 pandemic offered an opportunity to address OUD treatment access barriers by allowing for expanded use of telehealth, is it not yet clear if this technology will help eliminate those barriers or exacerbate pre-existing treatment inequities. A study

This is a breaking news story and will be updated with additional details and perspective as warranted. In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the controversial Texas abortion law that restricts the procedure to women pregnant for 6 weeks or less may continue to be enforced, but allowed for state

Boris Johnson announces move to 'Plan B' for Covid restrictions We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info LDL is harmful cholesterol that can build

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the adjuvant treatment of stage IIB and IIC melanoma after complete resection in adults and children over age 12 years. The FDA also extended the approval to those with stage III disease. The FDA approval on December 3 was based on first interim findings

For nearly a month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online vaccine tracker has shown that virtually everyone 65 and older in the United States — 99.9% — has received at least one covid vaccine dose. That would be remarkable — if true. But health experts and state officials say it’s certainly not. They

The Fizz singer Jay Aston opens up on mouth cancer recovery We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info With so many places