Booster jabs available for people in UK over 40 confirms JCVI 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…
The long term effects of COVID-19
A recent Monash University study has found six months after recovering from COVID-19 critical illness, one in five people had died, and almost 40 percent of survivors had a new disability. Led by Professor Carol Hodgson, the study looked at COVID-19 critical illness across Australia between March 6 and October…
Regeneron says COVID antibody treatment protects for at least 8 months
A synthetic antibody treatment developed by Regeneron reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID by more than 80 percent up to eight months after receiving the treatment, the US biotech firm said Monday. The results are “particularly important to those who do not respond to COVID-19 vaccines including people who…
Journeying ‘inside’ the COVID-19 viral protein to attack a weak point
Virtual reality (VR) technology enables scientists to create 3D models of an object and then virtually go “inside” to look around to better understand its structure and function. This is what researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) did to study the SARS-CoV-2 virus that…
Could Long Covid be a little-known nervous system problem?
Long Covid: Could the debilitating illness be a little-known nervous system problem which can be cured by Hula Hoops and salted peanuts? Long Covid symptoms are similar to postural tachycardia syndrome or PoTS Some doctors believe Covid infection is now triggering the little known illness Before Covid-19, some 130,000 –…
Covid vaccine: Valneva jab more effective than AstraZeneca against new variants says study
Covid: Dr Hilary sends warning over threat of a new variant 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…
From COVID to cancer: High hopes for ‘versatile’ mRNA
The coronavirus pandemic has made vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the mRNA technology that they use into household names. These types of jabs are new but researchers have been working for decades to try to figure out how to use messenger RNA for other vaccinations and to treat illnesses…
Covid: A ‘challenging winter’ ahead as modelling shows spike in deaths – doctor’s advice
Dr Amir Khan says flu is ‘going to be a real worry’ this winter 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…
Mounting Covid Deaths Fuel School Bus Drivers’ Fears
GRIFFIN, Ga. — Natalia D’Angelo got sick right after school started in August. She was driving a school bus for special education students in Griffin-Spalding County School System about 40 miles south of Atlanta and contracted covid-19. One of her three sons, Julian Rodriguez-D’Angelo, said his mother, who was not…
Whiteness in the time of COVID: Australia’s health services still leaving vulnerable communities behind
Due to the ongoing effects of colonization, First Nations peoples often experience socio-economic disadvantage and health inequality. The pandemic has no doubt worsened these conditions for some. In addition, the health of Australia’s First Nations peoples is framed in a deficit focus. This means representing First Nations people through a…
When COVID patients are intubated in ICU, the trauma lingers long after the emergency
The current wave of COVID cases is leading to more hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions. Frontline health workers and experts use the term “intubation” for the extra breathing support some patients need in an emergency. But many people don’t know what this procedure involves and the trauma it can…