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COVID-19 infections are rare and mild after vaccination
Posted in Medicine, Science on 3rd Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
This means full vaccination was 91 percent effective at preventing any kind of SARS-CoV-2 infection, symptomatic or asymptomatic.
One year on: How has COVID-19 affected cancer services?
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Jun, 2021
by Alex Muller
Disruption to cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment has led to more than 45,000 fewer people starting cancer treatment between the start of the pandemic and March 2021 – the so called ‘missing cancer patients’.
23andMe’s Huge Covid-19 Study Draws Links Between the Virus and Our Genetics
Posted in Medicine on 4th May, 2021
by Alex Muller
The blood link to Covid-19 susceptibility is intriguing, but doesn’t change treatments.
Cancer drug lessens the toxicity of a protein from COVID-19 virus
Posted in Medicine on 4th Apr, 2021
by Alex Muller
Discovery opens door to testing more effective drugs for treating COVID-19 patients
How repurposing a drug in a COVID-19 trial could benefit people with cancer
Posted in Medicine on 4th Mar, 2021
by Alex Muller
“There was evidence from scientists in Germany around repurposing a drug, used to treat inflammation of the pancreas, that might also be able to reduce the severity of COVID-19 by blocking an enzyme the virus needs to get into cells. The key aim is to treat as early as possible”