Category: Health Crisis
Coronavirus Breaking News: A New Tunisian Variant Reported by the North African Country
Tunisian health authorities announced this Saturday, February 20, 2021, that they have detected a new variant of Covid-19 in the country. “Two people have tested positive for a new …
EU Ready to Finance a Production Plant in Morocco to Meet Vaccine Demand in Africa
With the huge demand for COVID-19 vaccines and the fact that the worldwide manufacturing capacity is still far from where it needs to be, more countries are considering starting …Even With Antibodies Man Still Gets Severe Form of COVID-19 From the South African VariantÂ
Four months after having had a mild Sars-CoV-2 infection, which healed without any treatment, a man has again tested positive but this time for the new South African variant. …
NIH: Combination Treatment May Help People with Methamphetamine Addiction
A study by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has revealed that a pair of drugs can be highly beneficial to people with severe methamphetamine addiction …
A Chinese Study Shows a Significant Increase in Myopia in Children After the First Lockdown
A recent study estimates that half of the world’s population will be myopic by 2050 a logical consequence, says ophthalmologist Franck Earith. A Chinese study published Jan. 14 in …
The Democratic Republic of Congo Is Now Facing Ebola in Addition to COVID-19
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced Sunday, Feb. 7, the resurgence of Ebola in the east of the country, where the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a team …University of the Witwatersrand Study Shows That the AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Not Very Effective Against the New South African Variant
According to preliminary results of a study at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is only 22% effective against moderate forms of the variant that …
Freeze-Drying of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Fix the Logistics Problems
Most vaccines have to be frozen or refrigerated, which imposes major storage and transportation issues. Vaccines in freeze-dried form, on the other hand, can be stored at room temperature …
The Latest in Cancer Treatments From Immunotherapies and Vaccines to Nanoparticles
Today is World Cancer Day, a day that aims to raise awareness about this dangerous disease that affects millions of Americans every year. Let us take this opportunity to …