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Rare link between coronavirus vaccines and Long Covid –like illness starts to gain acceptance
COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives, and the world is gearing up for a new round of boosters. But like all vaccines, those targeting the coronavirus can cause side effects in some people, including rare cases of abnormal blood clotting and heart inflammation. Another apparent complication, a debilitating suite of symptoms that resembles Long Covid, has been more elusive, its link to vaccination unclear and its diagnostic features ill-defined. But in recent months, what some call Long Vax has gained wider acceptance among doctors and scientists, and some are now working to better understand and treat its symptoms...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 3, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database
When Jeremy Kamil started to sequence samples of the rapidly spreading pandemic coronavirus in the spring of 2020, it was clear where he should deposit the genetic data: in
GISAID
, a long-running database for influenza genomes that had established itself as the go-to repository for SARS-CoV-2 as well.
Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University’s (LSU’s) Health Sciences Center Shreveport, says he quickly struck up a friendly relationship with a Steven Meyers, who used a gisaid.org email address. The two often exchanged emails and talked on the phone, sometimes for hours, about the pandemic and data sh...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Carbon Emissions Are Still Rising, But More Slowly Thanks to Renewables and Electric Cars
(BERLIN, Germany) — The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that it expects carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels to rise again this year, but by much less than in 2021 due to the growth in renewable power and electric cars.
Last year saw a strong rebound in carbon dioxide emissions — the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming — after the global economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
The Paris-based IEA said CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are on course to rise by almost 1% in 2022 compared to the previous year. That’s nearly 300 million metric t...
Source: TIME: Science - October 19, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Frank Jordans/AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change energy healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Vaccines to treat cancer possible by 2030, say BioNTech founders
U ğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci say mRNA Covid vaccine technology could be repurposed to help destroy cancer cellsVaccines that target cancer could be available before the end of the decade, according to the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful Covid vaccines of the pandemic.U ğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci, who co-founded BioNTech, the German firm that partnered with Pfizer to manufacture a revolutionary mRNA Covid vaccine, said they had made breakthroughs that fuelled their optimism for cancer vaccines in the coming years.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Cancer Coronavirus Science Vaccines and immunisation Health Pfizer Medical research Pharmaceuticals industry Germany Turkey Source Type: news
Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over coronavirus vaccine
Company is suing pharmaceutical rival and its German partner for patent infringementModerna is suing its US pharmaceutical rival Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was being filed in US district court in Massachusetts and the regional court of D üsseldorf in Germany, Moderna said in a news release on Friday.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 26, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Reuters Tags: Massachusetts Pfizer Vaccines and immunisation US news Source Type: news
Thousands seeking unproven long Covid blood treatments abroad
Procedures such as apheresis, or ‘blood washing’, and anti-clotting therapy are being offered in EuropeThousands of people withlong Covid are travelling abroad to spend huge sums of money on unproven treatments such as “blood washing”, prompting warnings from experts and doctors.Patients are attending private clinics in Cyprus, Germany and Switzerland for procedures such as a blood filtering treatment and anti-clotting therapy, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal and ITV News.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Tags: Long Covid Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Science World news Source Type: news
News at a glance: Debate over classifying research, giant water lilies, and new hummingbird feather colors
ECOLOGY
Scientists find new hummingbird colors
The plumage of hummingbirds has more color diversity than the feathers of all other birds combined, a recent study finds. Researchers from Yale University collected feathers from specimens of 114 hummingbird species and, using a spectrometer, documented the wavelengths of light they reflected. These wavelengths were then compared with those found in a previous study of 111 other bird species, including penguins and parrots. The researchers were surprised to find new colors in the hummers, which widened the known avian color gamut by 56% and included rarely seen ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 6, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Severe Covid cases ‘more likely in highly polluted areas’
Air pollutant nitrogen dioxide may contribute to intensive care admissions, German study findsPeople who contract Covid-19 are more likely to suffer severe symptoms if they have been exposed to air pollution for long periods.A study found that people who live in places where there are high levels of the atmospheric pollutantnitrogen dioxide had higher chances of ending up in intensive care units (ICUs) or of needing mechanical ventilation after they had caught Covid.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 4, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Science Editor Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science World news Source Type: news
Sweden? Japan? UK? Debates over who had a ‘good’ Covid won’t end | Francois Balloux
The WHO has spoken but even its huge new report will not settle arguments about pandemic strategiesNational Covid death rates are, inevitably, political. How could they not be when they are viewed as evidence for good or bad government on matters of life or death? How did the UK fare compared with, say, Germany? Should both countries have been more like Sweden? However, when new data arrives, far from settling arguments over which pandemic mitigation strategies worked best, it tends to further inflame disagreements or harden pre-existing positions.So it is with themuch-anticipated report by the World Health Organization (W...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Francois Balloux Tags: Coronavirus Science Health Infectious diseases World news Source Type: news
WHO blames rising Covid cases in Europe on curbs lifted too soon
Regional director says several countries including the UK lifted restrictions ‘brutally’Several European countries lifted their coronavirus restrictions too soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, and as a result are now witnessing sharp rises in infections probably linked to the new, more transmissible BA2 subvariant.Hans Kluge, director of the WHO ’s Europe region, said countries including Germany, France, Italy and Britain had lifted their Covid curbs “brutally – from too much to too few”. Infections are rising in 18 out of the region’s 53 countries, he said.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 22, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jon Henley Tags: Coronavirus World news Science Infectious diseases Europe UK news Germany France Spain Italy Source Type: news
Once again, America is in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave | Eric Topol
In the past couple of weeks, UK, Germany, France and others are experiencing a new wave. The US should get readyWhen it comes to Covid, the United States specializes in denialism. Deny the human-to-human transmission of the virus when China ’s first cases were publicized in late 2019. Deny that the virus is airborne. Deny the need for boosters across all adult age groups. There are many more examples, but now one stands out – learning from other countries.In early 2020, with the major outbreak in the Lombardy region of Italy that rapidly and profoundly outstripped hospital resources and medical staffing, Americans expr...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Eric Topol Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science US news US politics Vaccines and immunisation Source Type: news
Covid news live: England expected to ease Omicron restrictions; Germany reports record rise of 112,323 new cases
British PMset to relax Plan B Covid measures, ending the use of vaccine certificates and work-from-home guidance; Germany reports adaily rise of more than 100,000 new Covid casesin pandemic recordEngland ’s Plan B Covid measures expected to ease after Cabinet meetingNicola Sturgeon announces lifting of Omicron restrictions in ScotlandCalls for French MP to resign after announcing Covid protocol from IbizaHong Kong to cull thousands of hamsters after Covid found on 11New Zealand closes borders to new arrivals over Omicron riskChina has reported its lowest daily count of local Covid infections in two weeks after cities cla...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Martin Belam (now) and Samantha Lock (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus UK news Boris Johnson Science World news Omicron variant World Health Organization Source Type: news
German optimism over Omicron as Europe dampens new year revelry
Covid expert hopeful for ‘relatively normal’ winter 2022 but prevalence limits celebrations across continentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany ’s leading coronavirus expert has expressed optimism that his country could expect a “relatively normal” winter in 2022 as Europe prepared to ring in the new year in muted fashion, with many countries limiting celebrations.As the highly transmissible Omicron variant fuels a record-breaking surge in Covid infections across the continent, many governments have curtailed mass public gatherings and either closed or imposed curfews on nightclu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 31, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Philip Oltermann in Berlin and Jon Henley in Paris Tags: Coronavirus Germany Omicron variant Europe Infectious diseases Science France Austria Belgium Netherlands Greece Israel New year Source Type: news
WHO warns Omicron could overwhelm health systems as cases rise to record highs in Europe
Restrictions return in China, South Africa and Germany as countries around the world struggle to contain new variantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it sparks milder disease, as daily case records fell across Europe and the US whileChina,South Africa andGermany brought back tough restrictions to stamp out infections.Covid-19 surges have wreaked havoc around the world, forcing many nations to make tough choices between economically punishing...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 29, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Guardian staff and agenices Tags: Omicron variant Coronavirus China Infectious diseases Science World news South Africa Europe Source Type: news
Pfizer/BioNTech tax windfall brings Mainz an early Christmas present
German city where early Covid vaccine was developed uses its new-found wealth to slash debt and attract other biotech firmsThe Pfizer/BioNTech jab is having an unexpected side-effect on the German municipality where scientists first developed it: for the first time in three decades the city of Mainz expects to become debt-free thanks to the tax revenues generated by the company ’s global success.Mainz ’s decision to use its financial windfall to also slash corporate tax rates in the hope of attracting industry, especially biotech companies, however, is drawing criticism from neighbouring cities and economists.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Philip Oltermann in Berlin Tags: Germany Pharmaceuticals industry Coronavirus Medical research Tax and spending Pfizer Business Europe World news Source Type: news
