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Biotech & PharmaHealth TechBusiness & PolicyHealth & ScienceTeamExclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciencesTopicsColumnsToolsEventsTeamAccountMoreFollow UsBy Ambar CastilloDec. 22, 2022Life expectancy for Americans fell for the second straight year in 2021, largely driven by increases in deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.A […]

Warning issued as drug dealers disguise edible cannabis as Christmas chocolate favourites Quality Street and Celebrations Drug-laced sweets looked like Quality Streets, Celebrations and Aero Minis West Yorkshire Police found them after a vehicle stop and search on Saturday The driver of the vehicle was reported for summons for possession of drugs By Olivia Jones […]

Italian investigators conclude that the relative vaccine effectiveness (RVE) of a second booster vaccine dose against severe COVID-19 is only about 30% after 2 to 4 months in people 80 and older compared with protection after the first booster dose. The study is published in Vaccine.The RVE of the second booster dose was negligible for […]

Women do more housework because they’re more likely to notice what needs to be done, study claims Women do housework as they’re more likely to notice what needs to be done Men and women see different ‘possibilities for action’ in same domestic setting This view, called ‘affordance theory’, may offer an explanation as to why […]

Oct 21, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic is in its second year and the Omicron BA.5 subvariant continues to drive cases in the United States, including among vaccinated people. But that doesn’t mean COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are ineffective. That seeming juxtaposition causes confusion among many patients. One physician vaccine researcher sets out to clear the air […]

[1/2] Test tube labelled "COVID-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration picture taken January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoDec 23 (Reuters) – The highly-contagious Omicron subvariant XBB has surged to more than 50% of COVID-19 cases in the northeastern United States and risks spreading fast as millions of Americans begin holiday travel on […]

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali The four-year-old boy attended Oakridge School and Nursery in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He died at home from a cardiac arrest in mid-November after contracting a Strep A infection. He was prescribed antibiotics. His mother Shabana Kousar told the Bucks Free Press: ‘The loss is great and nothing will replace that.  ‘He was […]

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Last month, the CDC said it was ending test-to-stay in schools.Most children in the United States have returned to school for the year as districts aim to bring kids back to a setting that resembles the pre-pandemic normal.Masks are now optional in most classrooms and, last month, the Centers for Disease and Prevention said it […]

Families have begun hitting the roads early for their Christmas getaway as National Highways staff go on strike today, kicking off days of travel chaos with traffic already building on major motorways this evening. Staff at the government firm, which manages and maintains the UK’s biggest roads, have walked out of their jobs and will not […]