TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A vaginal ring that slowly releases an antiviral medication could protect women against HIV for up to three months, a preliminary trial suggests. It assessed two formulations of a vaginal ring that releases the antiretroviral dapivirine in the vagina over the course of 90 days. One version contained … Read more
A single dose of the Pfizer or Oxford vaccine cuts hospital admissions of older people by about 80%. Source link
Call for better coronavirus masks for all medical staff Source link
Health groups say NHS staff fear prosecution over decisions if hospitals are overwhelmed. Source link
The new variant has also been found in Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa – countries which, like the UK, are experienced at carrying out genome sequencing – and is likely to be present in many more. Source link
Henning Bundgaard, PhD, cardiologist, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. F. Perry Wilson, MD, associate professor, Yale University; director, Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, New Haven, CT. Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Christine Laine, MD, editor-in-chief, Annals of Internal Medicine; clinical associate professor, internal … Read more
Joseph Allen, DSc, assistant professor of exposure assessment science and director, Healthy Buildings Program, Harvard University. Shelly Miller, PhD, environmental engineer, University of Colorado-Boulder. Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Tech. Shelly Miller blog: “A Hopefully Helpful Short Report on Air Cleaners.” Clinical Infectious Diseases: “It Is Time to Address Airborne … Read more
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A common type 2 diabetes drug called metformin may have an unexpected, but positive, side effect: New research suggests that people taking the drug appear to have significantly slower declines in thinking and memory as they age. “Our six-year study of … Read more
FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When elementary school students get their annual flu shot, everyone benefits, a new study shows. An increased vaccination rate among grade schoolers in California was associated with a decrease in flu hospitalizations for folks in every other age bracket, researchers report. The results come as no surprise to … Read more
Taylor Heald-Sargent, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Candice Jones, MD, pediatrician, Orlando, FL. Marybeth Sexton, MD, assistant professor, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. CDC. CNN. Northwestern University. NBC’s “Today” show. Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics: “Age-Related Differences in Nasopharyngeal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 … Read more