Czech PM names fourth health minister amid Sputnik vaccine strife

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Wednesday installed his fourth health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic as a lagging vaccination campaign heightened pressure to use Russia’s Sputnik dose.FILE PHOTO: Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerBabis has gone back-and-forth on potentially buying […]

EMA announcement: European Medicines Agency to give safety update on AstraZeneca vaccine

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Key brain molecule may play role in many brain disorders

A team led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine identified a molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to those seen in autism, epilepsy, and other neurodevelopmental conditions. The results, published in Cell Reports, illuminate an important process in the […]

‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe traumatic brain injury

At a cost of $38 billion a year, an estimated 5.3 million people are living with a permanent disability related to traumatic brain injury in the United States today, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The physical, mental and financial toll of a TBI can be enormous, but new research from the […]

India imposes new curbs as COVID-19 cases hit record

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home region Gujarat became the latest to tighten coronavirus curbs on Wednesday as the country’s infections surged to a record of almost 116,000 new cases in 24 hours. Experts blame the country’s fresh wave on people ignoring guidelines and attending huge religious and political events, as well as weddings and […]

Are Diabetics Allowed To Eat Bananas?

If you are a diabetic, you know how carefully you need to watch what you eat and how much. Diabetes can cause serious complications such foot damage, kidney damage, and heart attacks, just to name a few. Diabetes is a disease where the body cannot produce nor respond to the hormone insulin, causing high levels […]

EU regulator to probe ethical standards of Sputnik vaccine trials: FT

FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Russia’s “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine are seen before inoculation at a clinic in Tver, Russia, October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva(Reuters) – The EU drug regulator will begin investigations next week on whether clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine followed global clinical and scientific guidelines, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. […]

Esther Perel Dishes On Pandemic Breakups

If the relationship experts on Married At First Sight have knocked your confidence in practitioners in the field, Esther Perel is here to restore your faith. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, it’s likely you’ve heard of Perel, listened to her podcast, or perhaps even read her books. With […]

Vaccine supply chains disrupted by U.S. restrictions: Curevac co-founder

FILE PHOTO: A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoBERLIN (Reuters) – Global supply chains for making COVID-19 vaccines have […]