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More Than 11,000 Ebola Vaccines Expected in Guinea This Weekend

February 19, 2021 Ebola, ebola virus, outbreak:, vaccine, Vaccines

DAKAR (Reuters) – Guinea expects to receive more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines this weekend, with more to follow, and inoculations

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Common antidepressant may reduce deadly COVID-19 complications

February 19, 2021 (COVID-19), Antidepressant, common, complications, deadly, may, reduce

As mental health professionals are grappling with a wave of pandemic-related anxiety and depression, a physician-researcher at The University of

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Good cop, bad cop: What can zebrafish tell us about immune-cancer relations?

February 19, 2021 about, bad, Can, cop, good, immune-cancer, relations?, Tell, US, What, zebrafish

Cancer researcher Rita Fior uses zebrafish to study human cancer. Though this may seem like an unlikely match, her work

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Zambia study casts doubt on the assumption that COVID-19 skipped Africa

February 19, 2021 children, Coronavirus, Diagnostics, hospital, pandemic, Public Health, research

A new study concluding out of Lusaka, Zambia last summer has found that as many as 19% (almost 1 in

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New report calls for universal coverage of long-term care for older adults in U.S.

February 18, 2021 adults, calls, care, coverage, for, in, long-term, New, of, Older, report, U.S., universal

The COVID-19 pandemic’s heavy toll on older Americans highlights the need to strengthen the nation’s safety net for people in

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Clinical trial shows five-year outcomes of CAR T-cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphomas

February 18, 2021 Antigen, cancer, cell, Chimeric Antigen Receptor, clinical trial, Follicular Lymphoma, hematology, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Lymphoma, medicine, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Oncology, receptor, research, Transgene

A significant number of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients in a Penn Medicine-initiated clinical trial continue to be in remission five

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At least 20 million years of life have been lost to COVID-19, study suggests

February 18, 2021 (COVID-19), 20, at, Been, Have, least, life, lost, million, of, study, suggests, to, years

The COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an astonishing 20 million years of life lost worldwide, according to estimates from

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Study finds risk factor for blood clots occurs in more than 10 percent of transgender men using testosterone

February 18, 2021 10, Blood, clots, factor, finds, for, in, Men, more, occurs, of, percent, risk, study, Testosterone, than, transgender, Using

A potentially dangerous side effect of testosterone therapy for transgender men is an increase in red blood cells that can

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New Zealand to issue free period products in schools

February 18, 2021 free, in, issue, New, period, products, schools, to, Zealand

New Zealand will distribute free sanitary products in schools to combat “period poverty” among the disadvantaged, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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Addressing the biological causes of racial disparities in prostate cancer

February 18, 2021 Addressing, biological, cancer, Causes, disparities, in, of, prostate, racial, the

African Americans have higher rates of prostate cancer and are more likely to die from the disease than other groups

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