Sat 29 January 2022: Russian scientists and doctors have installed in a monkey’s brain a neural implant designed to restore vision through transmitting images directly into the brain with special equipment, the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) said on Wednesday. “FEFU Medical Center neurosurgeon Artur Biktimirov has successfully performed a two-hour surgery to put the […]
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Thu 27 January 2022: How past exposure to other coronaviruses can stop people from catching COVID-19 even if they live with someone who has tested positive. Plus, how to recognise the symptoms of a blood clot. Many of us will be familiar with this scenario: Someone we know has tested positive for COVID-19 but despite […]
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Tue 25 January 2022: More than 1.2 million people died in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics, higher than HIV/AIDS or malaria. The new Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance report, published in The Lancet on Thursday, revealed that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was directly responsible for an estimated 1.27 million deaths and […]
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Fri 21 January 2022: On Thursday, a UN-backed organization announced that it had reached agreements with more than two dozen generic drug manufacturers to produce versions of Merck’s COVID-19 pill for distribution to 105 developing countries. According to the Medicines Patent Pool, the agreements will allow drug companies to manufacture both the raw ingredients and […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: Stockholm: Researchers have identified a specific gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19 infection. An international team led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden pinpointed the variant by studying people of different ancestries. The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, shows that genes can influence whether we become severely affected […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Moderna, a biotech company, is working to develop a single-shot vaccine against flu and coronavirus by autumn 2023, according to its CEO Stephane Bancel, who spoke at the World Economic Forum on Monday. Last September, Moderna revealed that it was developing a single-component vaccine shot that would protect against both flu […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: The British government has launched a new campaign to encourage smokers to quit, claiming that teenagers who have smoking parents are four times more likely to do so themselves. It’s called the ‘Better Health Smoke-Free’ campaign, and it’s encouraging smokers to quit as a new year’s resolution. The campaign emphasizes the […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: A study finds that some respondents are willing to pay for misshapen carrots – usually discarded or sold at a discount – as much as picture perfect carrots, when given the right messages. One third of all food produced in the world is “lost or wasted” every year, according to the Food and […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: The final analysis of Pfizer Inc’s antiviral COVID-19 pill showed close to 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, with recent lab data suggesting the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The remarks by the US drugmaker came on the heels of […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: The “acute phase” of the Covid-19 pandemic will end in 2022, billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates has predicted on his blog, also deeming the rise of the Omicron variant “concerning.” The billionaire suggested in a post to his GatesNotes blog that, “It might be foolish to make another prediction, but I […]
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