Double-masking: Should you wear two face masks to protect against Covid? Dr Fauci suggests it ‘makes sense’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr Fauci says double-masking ‘more effective’ to stop Covid spread. Read More
Covid vaccines: What is the difference between the Pfizer, Oxford, Moderna, Novavax and Johnson & Johnson jabs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine beat its rivals to be the first to be approved for use in the UK — Read More
New Test for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Meningitis in Patients With HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new 60-minute point-of-care lateral flow assay featured the same sensitivity as mycobacterial culture in detecting tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) in adult patients…
Explainer: what’s the new coronavirus saliva test, and how does it work?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A cornerstone of containing the COVID-19 pandemic is widespread testing to identify cases and prevent new outbreaks emerging. Read More
New Covid saliva test can detect coronavirus even in people without symptoms
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new Covid-19 test has been shown to be effective in detecting the virus in people without symptoms, the Government has said. …
COVID-19 vaccines: Efficacy varies in different scenarios
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As countries around the world are scrambling to roll out vaccinations for controlling the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic, data on vaccines’ efficacy…
Novavax vaccine is 89% effective in UK trial, but less so in South Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax was 89% effective and appeared to offer protection against some variants of the coronavirus in a clinical trial conducted…
South Africa Joins Global Clinical Trial of New Antibiotic for Gonorrhoea
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Each year two million people in South Africa contract gonorrhoea, a devastating but curable sexually transmitted infection. Read More
Britain is on course to produce 60million MORE Covid vaccines as UK-based Novavax jab PASSES phase three trial with stunning 90% success rate (including quashing 86% of infections by mutant Kent strain that's ravaged the nation)
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain was on course to secure another 60million Covid jabs last night after the latest UK-backed vaccine cleared a crucial hurdle. Read…
The silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When the World Health Organisation launched last year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, it expanded the campaign’s focus from antibiotics to all antimicrobials…