Defying the cold and rain, hundreds of people bundled up in thick coats came to get vaccinated Friday in the
Day: February 7, 2021
Calls grow for US to rely on rapid tests to fight pandemic
When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school officials conducted rapid
UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down
French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine
Critical flaw found in lab models of the human blood-brain barrier
Cells used to study the human blood brain barrier in the lab aren’t what they seem, throwing nearly a decade’s
Survey taken after France’s first COVID-19 wave indicates almost one-third of working-age people could reject a vaccine
Nearly one in three working-age adults in France (29%) surveyed in July 2020—when lockdown restrictions had been eased—were outright
New research sheds light on vision loss in Batten disease
Progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness, are the hallmarks of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or CLN3-Batten disease. New research
Physical discipline and cognitive deprivation associated with specific types of developmental delay
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that in a diverse, cross-national sample
Study identifies ‘Achilles heel’ of bacteria linked to Crohn’s disease
The discovery of an “Achilles heel” in a type of gut bacteria that causes intestinal inflammation in patients with Crohn’s
China approves second domestic COVID-19 vaccine
China’s drug authorities have given “conditional” approval for a second COVID-19 vaccine, Sinovac’s CoronaVac jab, the pharmaceutical company said Saturday.
Telemedicine takes off in Germany during pandemic
When doctor Andreas Bootsveld has to make life-or-death decisions about COVID-19 patients, he is not alone—as well as consulting his
