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Did the COVID vax really alter people's periods?
COVID vaccines are not likely to blame for any major changes to the menstrual cycle, a new study shows.
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FDA approves GSK's RSV vaccine for older adults, world's first shot against virus
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an RSV vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline for use on adults ages 60 and older. The approval, the first ever globally by a regulatory body for an RSV vaccine, is a decisive victory for GSK in a race against drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna to bring to market a shot that targets the respiratory syncytial virus.
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MIT’s Vaccine Printer: The Game-Changer in Vaccine Distribution
The printer generates vaccine-filled microneedle patches that can be stored long-term at room temperature and applied to the skin. Getting vaccines to people who need them isn’t always easy. Many vaccines require cold storage, making it difficult to ship them to remote areas that don’t have the n
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The Most Commonly Repeated Vaping Statistic Is Fake
But one of those "guesstimates" has gone on to become the most cited piece of vaping misinformation globally: e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. The problem is, it's wrong.
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Tired of being alone: How social isolation impacts on our energy
In a study conducted in the lab as well as during the COVID-19 lockdowns, participants reported higher levels of tiredness after eight hours of social isolation. The results suggest that low energy may be a basic human response to a lack of social contact. The study conducted at the University of Vienna and published in Psychological Science also showed that this response was affected by social personality traits of the participants.
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Moderna says it hopes to offer new vaccines for cancer, heart disease, and other conditions by 2030
Moderna's chief medical officer said advancements in mRNA technology since the outset of the Covid pandemic have ushered in a golden age for new vaccines.
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Most Americans want ban on cigarettes: new CDC survey
More than half of American adults support a blanket ban on sales of tobacco products — from cigarettes to vapes and chewing tobacco, according to a new federal survey. The results, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also show even stronger support for a ban on sales of menthol cigarettes. The data from the poll conducted in 2021 is the latest evidence of smoking’s declining social acceptability, and offers new support for the Biden administration’s proposals to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes.
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Polio cases derived from new oral vaccine reported for first time
Experts have long understood that a new polio vaccine developed to try to minimize the risks associated with the oral polio vaccine made by Albert Sabin might also cause the problem it was created to sidestep. It’s now clear that theoretical risk is a real one.
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Parents prone to black-and-white thinking are less likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19
A study of parents of children aged 5-11 in Italy showed that black-and-white thinking was associated with the tendency to believe in conspiracies. This was in turn associated with a negative attitude towards vaccinating children against COVID-19. The study was published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. ...
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Woody Harrelson Slams COVID Set Protocols as ‘Nonsense,’ Urges Hollywood to ‘Stop’ Forcing ‘Vaccination’: That’s ‘Not a Free Country’
Woody Harrelson railed against COVID protocols on film sets during a new interview with The New York Times. The actor is making the press rounds in support of his new movie “Champions,” an indie sports dramedy from director Bobby Farrelly that’s backed by Focus Features. Harrelson expressed uncertainty about the future of indie movies given “all the COVID protocols” in place, calling such protocols “absurd.”
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A Chinese bank is offering customers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine if they deposit $500,000 into an account
A Hong Kong-based bank is offering new and existing customers an express reservation for a complimentary BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA vaccine if they deposit at least HK$4,000,000, or about $512,200, into an account. The vaccine is being offered as mainland China lifts its cross-border restrictions with Hong Kong and is among a number of "privileges" China CITIC Bank International, which is held by Chinese state-owned CITIC Group, is rolling out until March 31.
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BioNTech Delivers First Patient Dose In Herpes Vaccine Clinical Trial
BioNTech has finally dosed the first patient with its Herpes Vaccine (BNT163) in a candidate clinical trial. According to the German Vaccine maker, “The vaccine is designed to prevent genital lesions as part of a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical research study.”
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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible as measles threat grows
Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Nov. 23 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and several university researchers, including Matthew Ferrari, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State. Specifically, in 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose, with 25 million children missing their first dose and an additional 14.7 million children missing their second dose.
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Inequality is literally killing us: The most unequal societies suffer most in public health metrics
Income inequality has soared with the pandemic, providing incriminating evidence that it kills
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This long-term care home radically changed the way it operates. Residents say it's working
Like so many people contemplating long-term care, Louis Capozzi said he was nervous about what he would find when he started looking at homes. "I heard so many awful things about, you know, people getting not well taken care of, laying in bed, needing to be changed and people hitting them or whatever. You hear all the worst things," he said.
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Misinformation About The CDC's Recommendation For Kids And COVID Vaccines Is Spreading Like Wildfire
When COVID-19 was filling emergency rooms, shuttering businesses, and turning parents and teachers into experts in Zoom, everyone hoped for a cure — or, if that wasn't possible, at least a way to avoid getting it. However, when a vaccine became available, many were wary of it. Rumors quickly spread about "the jab": It gives you cancer. It was approved before enough research could be done. It restructures your DNA. All these are false, according to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from grinding.
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Vaccines to treat cancer possible by 2030, say BioNTech founders
Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci say mRNA Covid vaccine technology could be repurposed to help destroy cancer cells.
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Russian bats with COVID-like virus found; resistant to vaccines: Study
A new SARS-CoV-2-like virus discovered in Russian bats is capable of infecting humans, and is resistant to current vaccines against COVID-19, a study has found. A team led by researchers at Washington State University (WSU), US, found spike proteins from the bat virus, named Khosta-2, can infect human cells and is resistant to both the antibody therapies and blood serum from people vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2.
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Scientists Find a New Coronavirus in Bats That Is Resistant to Current Vaccines
The virus was found in a population of bats in Russia.
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A long-lasting male contraceptive jab could be available within a year
A male contraceptive jab that last 10 years and prevents men passing HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases could be available within a year. The injection will be less painful and also reversible making it more simpler than a vasectomy. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology have completed final trials of the jab and experts say the jab known as Risug- an acronym for reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance - could be available within 12 months.
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