AstraZeneca, AI biologics firm Absci tie up on cancer drug - FT
The AstraZeneca logo is pictured outside the AstraZeneca office building in Brussels as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, Belgium, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Dec 3 (Reuters) - Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca…#astrazeneca #belgium #anglo #seanmcclain (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australia's Greens to launch inquiry into supermarket'price gouging '
[1/2] People walk past a Woolworths supermarket following the easing of restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Acquire Licensing Rights SYDNEY, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Australia's Greens party said on…#woolworths #sydney #greens #nickmckim #australian #colax (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spillover effects of violent attacks and COVID-19 exposure on mental health of health professionals: a two-phase quasi-natural experiments study in Northwest China - Liu N, Qian H, Zhang BZ, Guo J.
The aims of this study were to examine the spillover effects of violent attacks, coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) exposure, and their interactions on health professionals' mental health, and the role of organizational support in their relationships in C... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Boris Johnson ’s legacy will be shaped by Covid inquiry appearance
Discredited ex-PM faces a demolition job in one of the few policy areas to which he and his allies still clingEven at the height of his popularity, Boris Johnson routinely avoided close questioning – to the extent of oncehiding in a fridge to dodge a TV inquisitor. The former UK prime minister is likely to be dreading next week ’s appearance at the Covid inquiry. And he probably should.It is no exaggeration to say that events on Wednesday and Thursday at the inquiry ’s repurposed office building in Paddington, west London, could help define the post-power image and legacy of Johnson, and very possibly not for the goo...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Peter Walker Deputy political editor Tags: Covid inquiry Boris Johnson Coronavirus Health policy Politics Society World news UK news Science Public services policy Infectious diseases Conservatives Dominic Cummings Patrick Vallance Source Type: news
What to Know About the Respiratory Illness in China
A surge of children has been hospitalized in China for respiratory illnesses, but international health authorities said the cause was common viruses and bacteria. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller and Emily Baumgaertner Tags: China Disease Rates Viruses Children and Childhood Bacteria Respiratory Diseases Pneumonia Influenza Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) your-feed-science Source Type: news
China Respiratory Illness: U.S. Health Officials Say Cause is Known
A surge of children has been hospitalized in China for respiratory illnesses, but international health authorities said the cause was common viruses and bacteria. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller and Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-science Medicine and Health Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Children and Childhood Bacteria Viruses Respiratory Diseases Pneumonia Influenza China Source Type: news
Not now Covid! CDC says it's tracking a NEW coronavirus variant that has tripled in a month (but is still mild and NOT more likely to kill)
BA.2.86 is a mutation on the Omicron BA.2 subvariant and is responsible for almost one in 10 new Covid cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Matt Hancock ‘was not told about eat out to help out scheme until day it was announced’ – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you canread more on this story hereHancock is now deploying the defence previewed in the Observer on Sunday. (See9.58am.)He says from the middle of January the DHSC was “trying to effectively raise the alarm”. He says:We were trying to wake up Whitehall to the scale of the problem and this wasn ’t a problem that couldn’t be addressed only from the health department. Non-pharmaceutical interventions cannot be put in place by a health department. A health department can’t shut schools. It should have been grasped and led from the centre of government earlier. And you’ve seen evidence...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow Tags: Politics UK news Covid inquiry Matt Hancock Coronavirus Conservatives Rishi Sunak Climate crisis Boris Johnson Dominic Cummings Health Science Infectious diseases Alistair Darling Alba Scotland Scottish politics Source Type: news
Matt Hancock denies being a liar and says Dominic Cummings created ‘culture of fear’ which undermined Covid response – live
Health secretary at start of pandemic says Boris Johnson ’s former chief adviser was ‘malign actor’ who made life unpleasantHancock is now deploying the defence previewed in the Observer on Sunday. (See9.58am.)He says from the middle of January the DHSC was “trying to effectively raise the alarm”. He says:We were trying to wake up Whitehall to the scale of the problem and this wasn ’t a problem that couldn’t be addressed only from the health department. Non-pharmaceutical interventions cannot be put in place by a health department. A health department can’t shut schools. It should have been grasped and led ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow Tags: Politics UK news Covid inquiry Matt Hancock Coronavirus Conservatives Rishi Sunak Climate crisis Boris Johnson Dominic Cummings Health Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
U.S. Life Expectancy Creeps Up as Covid Deaths Fall
But the country ’s health has not fully rebounded from the pandemic, according to new data from the C.D.C. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Deaths (Fatalities) Longevity Drug Abuse and Traffic your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
COVID map shows US states with increased hospitalizations
Eleven U.S. states have had a substantial increase in coronavirus hospitalizations in the latest recorded week, compared with the previous seven days, new maps from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show. There were 18,119 new COVID-19 admissions across the U.S. in the week…#cdc #midwest #greatlakes #newengland #northdakota #connecticut #massachusetts #minnesota #indiana #illinois (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New CDC life expectancy data shows painfully slow rebound from covid
The United States has dug itself into a huge life expectancy hole, and not just because of the coronavirus. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joel Achenbach Source Type: news
Fourth COVID-19 Shot Beneficial in Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- For patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), receiving a fourth COVID-19 mRNA vaccine reduces the risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
WATCH: Michael Gove ’s ‘Man-Made’ Virus Theory Sparks Sharp Showdown From Lawyer
Lawyer Hugo Keith KC cut short Michael Gove during Covid inquiry cross-examination for suggesting that coronavirus may have been “man made.” Speaking during cross examination on Tuesday, Gove reflected on the country’s pandemic response, admitting that the U.K. was not as prepared as it should…#hugokeith #michaelgove #duchyoflancaster #crown #cabinetoffice #whatsapp #borisjohnson #health #matthancock #dominicraab (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The sign your dry cough is Covid-related - and what to do
It feels tickly and doesn't produce any phlegm, but how do you know if it's caused by coronavirus? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
