Health & Medicine

August 20, 2020
Surgical Masks Prove Most Effective at Blocking Droplets and Aerosols
On 20 August 2020, a team of researchers released findings in the peer‑reviewed journal Thorax that visually compared how well various face…
August 20, 2020
Study Finds Cloth Masks Effectively Block COVID-19 Droplets
In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, it has been demonstrated that masks constructed from multiple layers of…
April 8, 2020
WHO report: World needs 6 million more nurses amid pandemic
A long-standing worldwide shortage of nurses has been starkly revealed by the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new report released April 7…
April 8, 2020
World Is Short 5.9 Million Nurses as COVID-19 Strains Health Systems, WHO Report Finds
The pivotal role of nurses According to the WHO, its partners Nursing Now and the International Council of Nurses, nurses constitute more…
April 6, 2020
Global Export Restrictions Worsen COVID-19 Medical Supply Shortages
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global competition for medical resources, reshaping international relations in the process. By April 6, 2020,…
March 26, 2020
Hantavirus Death in China Sparks Online Panic That Experts Call Hysteria
The World Health Organization’s regional office in Manila activated a dedicated media hotline on 24 March after it received more than 200…
March 26, 2020
Hantavirus Death in China Raises Fears, but It Is Not a New Virus
The English-language Chinese news outlet Global Times reported on Monday that a man in Yunnan, China died and tested positive for a…
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 Update: Risks for different age groups explained
Medical YouTube channel MedCram recently discussed the preliminary fatality data in the United States that was released by the Centers for Disease…
March 25, 2020
Study Links Positive Covid-19 Antibody Test to Lower Risk of Reinfection
When the novel coronavirus began spreading worldwide in early 2020, health authorities wrestled with a pivotal question: would individuals who recovered from…
March 25, 2020
Past COVID Infection Gives 83% Protection for 5 Months, UK Study Finds
In a lecture delivered on March 25, 2020, via the MedCram YouTube channel, Dr. Roger Seheult examined whether individuals could be reinfected…
March 18, 2020
Duterte Places All of Luzon Under Enhanced Community Quarantine on 16 March 2020
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March 18, 2020
Israeli Researchers Propose Losartan for COVID-19
Israel, March 18, 2020 — cyberinktimes.com — Losartan, a common blood pressure drug, is being proposed as a treatment for COVID-19. The…
March 13, 2020
Arcturus Therapeutics Receives Funding For Vaccine Development Efforts
The first tranche of Singapore’s $10 million grant arrived in Arcturus Therapeutics’ accounts on March 9, delivering $3 million that the company…
March 12, 2020
Philippines Declares Health Emergency as COVID-19 Cases Rise
On Monday, March 9, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed a proclamation that placed the Philippines under a state of public health emergency.…
March 6, 2020
Takeda Begins Developing Plasma-Derived Antibody Therapy TAK-888 for COVID-19
On 5 March 2020, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company announced the launch of a new therapy, designated TAK‑888, that will use plasma from individuals…
March 6, 2020
Takeda begins plasma therapy development for coronavirus patients
Takeda Initiates Development of Plasma-Derived Therapy for COVID-19 Treatment In a significant move, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Japan’s leading pharmaceutical firm, announced on…
March 5, 2020
FDA Reports First Coronavirus-Related Drug Shortage as China Supply Chain Strains
On March 5 2020, the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in China forced the closure or reduced operation of factories in…
February 26, 2020
Moderna Ships New Vaccine to Test Third Dose Against B.1.351 Variant
On 26 February 2020, a modest consignment departed Moderna’s Cambridge, Massachusetts plant carrying vials of the experimental vaccine mRNA‑1273. The shipment’s destination…
February 26, 2020
Moderna Ships Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine for Clinical Testing Quickly
U.S. biotechnology company Moderna Inc. dispatched its first shipment of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, designated mRNA-1273, to the National Institute of Allergy…
February 20, 2020
Uninfected passengers disembark from virus-hit ship in Japan
Around 500 passengers of the cruise ship Diamond Princess who tested negative and showed no symptoms of coronavirus infection were allowed to…
February 12, 2020
WHO Maintains 14-Day Quarantine Despite Longer Incubation Claims
On 12 February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed its recommendation that individuals exposed to the novel coronavirus should observe a…
February 12, 2020
Coronavirus Deaths in Mainland China Rise to 811, Passing the SARS Toll
The novel coronavirus outbreak now sits on a grimmer part of history. The death toll inside mainland China has passed the final…
February 12, 2020
China’s Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses SARS Casualties
China’s novel coronavirus outbreak has crossed a grim threshold, with the death toll on the mainland surpassing the total fatalities recorded during…
February 10, 2020
China Lets WHO Experts In as Coronavirus Deaths Hit 900
By the first week of February 2020, the coronavirus outbreak inside mainland China had already killed at least 900 people. That grim…