OSLO (Reuters) – Three health workers in Norway who had recently received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are being treated in hospital for bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets, Norwegian health authorities said on Saturday.FILE PHOTO: A vial of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is seen at a vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City […]
MADRID (Reuters) – The coronavirus lockdown has led to a plunge in the number of monthly births in Spain to the lowest recorded level ever, preliminary statistics showed on Wednesday, matching similar signs of decline elsewhere in Europe. Only 23,226 babies were born in December, 20.4% fewer than in December 2019 and the lowest since […]
Slideshow ( 2 images )CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores have received their first dose of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Venezuelan state television reported on Saturday. Images of both Maduro and Flores receiving their doses were broadcast on state television. Maduro said he felt “fine” after receiving the […]
Slideshow ( 5 images )LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swiss church bells rang out at noon on Friday and people observed a minute of silence to mark a year since the country’s first death from COVID-19. President Guy Parmelin announced the measure on public television last Sunday, urging citizens to honour the more than 9,300 people […]
The City of London financial district can be seen as a woman walks on a footpath along the River Thames, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 242 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Thursday, a drop on the 315 […]
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended marketing authorization for risdiplam (Evrysdi), the first treatment that can be given orally to patients with certain types of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Risdiplam is “expected to increase survival of motor neurons and reduce symptoms of the disease,” […]
(Reuters) – Europe’s drugs regulator said on Tuesday it was expecting to give an opinion before the summer on whether Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir can be used to treat COVID-19 patients who do not need oxygen support. The indication for extended use, if approved, would allow the antiviral treatment to be given to more patients as […]
FILE PHOTO: A schoolchild participates in a lesson at Gustav-Falke elementary school, after it reopened according to first measures to lift the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret HilseBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany approved three COVID-19 tests for home use as part Health Minister Jens Spahn’s strategy for mass testing to […]
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (Reuters) – – French researchers are using tiny antibody particles extracted from the family of animals that includes camels and llamas to produce a test they say can detect if patients have COVID-19 faster and more accurately than existing methods.Slideshow ( 2 images )The prototype test, called CorDial-1, has not been approved for […]
PORTAGE, Mich. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday secured a commitment from Pfizer Inc to double the COVID-19 vaccine it churns out in the coming weeks, putting his goal to fill the country’s inoculation stockpile by summer in sight. The drugmaker’s chief executive, Albert Bourla, used a visit by the U.S. president to […]
