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[ad_1] Press release Friday 12 February 2021 Registrations have started testing additional investigational drugs under the COVID-19 Accelerated Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) program. ACTIV is a public-private partnership program aimed at creating a coordinated research strategy that prioritizes and accelerates the development of promising COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. The new agents entering the randomized, … Read more

[ad_1] THURSDAY, February 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) – A side effect of COVID-19 vaccination is to create excessive fear in women, which makes them fear they may have breast cancer. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines can cause lymph nodes to swell, especially those in the armpit on the side where the vaccine was received, experts … Read more

[ad_1] Long queues for second doses of COVID-19 vaccines meandered past the Las Vegas Convention Center early Thursday, largely due to a high number of people seeking walk-in appointments, the Southern Nevada Health District said. The queue of people waiting to be beaten stretched far into the parking lot outside the clinic for second doses. … Read more

[ad_1] An Israeli receives a coronavirus vaccine from medical staff at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Sebastian Scheiner / AP Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine was 93% effective in protecting against COVID-19, a major Israeli healthcare provider said Thursday. The results seem to show that the shot is working … Read more

[ad_1] German Minister of Health Jens Spahn speaks at a press conference on February 12 in Berlin. Christian Marquardt / Pool / Getty Images Border controls – including limits on public transport and mandatory testing and quarantine requirements for travelers – are inevitable as part of efforts to prevent the importation of other, more contagious … Read more

[ad_1] No, not even in high doses, according to the first randomized clinical trial to test the two supplements under medical supervision. Despite the popular use of vitamin C and zinc to fight or reduce the severity of viral colds and the flu, the new study, published Friday in JAMA Network Open, found that the … Read more

[ad_1] Media advisory Friday 12 February 2021 The editorial stresses the need for a global response. What The rise of several prominent variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has caught the attention of health and science experts around the world. In an editorial published today in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical … Read more

[ad_1] Couple split after Hawaii refuses Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 test A couple from Minnesota with plans to vacation to Hawaii have been separated after state officials refused to accept a negative COVID-19 test from a Mayo Clinic lab. (FOX 9) – Hawaii is a dream vacation with lots of sun, beaches and warm weather. Travelers … Read more

[ad_1] The strain of coronavirus that has taken South Africa by storm with its bizarre ability to infect people who had previously been ill with COVID-19 is now in California and at least three other states. More than any other version of the virus, it has been shown to be able to escape vaccines intended … Read more

[ad_1] Ed Kemble Jr. doesn’t know how the coronavirus first entered his house. He lost four members of his family after contracting COVID-19 late last year: his wife, younger brother, stepmother and stepmother’s sister, all of whom had serious conditions underlying. Kemble Jr.’s wife could have picked him up at his retail job, assistants looking … Read more