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MIAMI (AP) — A ferret has tested positive for COVID-19 in Florida, federal officials announced Friday. This is the first ferret to test positive for COVID-19 in the United States, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture news release. A ferret in the European nation of Slovenia previously tested positive for the virus. USDA officials […]
Tom Felton is taken off the course at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin after collapsing during a celebrity match ahead of the 43rd Ryder Cup. Andrew Redington via Getty Images English actor Tom Felton, best known for his Draco Malfoy role in the “Harry Potter” films, collapsed during a “medical incident” while playing a celebrity golf […]
Elligo Health Research, a clinical research and technology company, has raised $135 million in a new funding round led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Ally Bridge Group. Existing investors, including Cerner, Norwest Venture Partners, Hatteras Venture Partners and Syneos Health, also participated in the Series E financing round. Founded in 2016, Austin, Texas-based Elligo […]
MIAMI (AP) — An orangutan has died at Zoo Miami following a dental surgery, officials said. Kumang, a 44-year-old Bornean orangutan, died Thursday during recovery from anesthesia, according to a statement from the South Florida zoo. “We at Zoo Miami are heartbroken over this terrible loss and our deepest condolences go out to the staff […]
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Chiquita Brooks LaSure at her swearing in ceremony on May 27. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Treasury Department issued a sweeping final rule on September 17th that seeks to make marketplace coverage more equitable while reversing Trump-era regulatory changes under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]
What’s standing in the way between Americans and clinical trials? Today, there are 123,413 registered clinical trials in the United States. That means less than 4% of the 328 million people in America are actively participating in clinical research, with the majority being white males. Consequently, we lack the diversity to make medicines that work […]
Digital twins, virtual representations of objects or processes in the real world, are increasingly finding use in life sciences applications, but the example that many people use to explain the concept is an old one that comes from a different industry entirely. More than a half century ago, the astronauts of Apollo 13 were guided […]
Express Scripts is adding a feature to its app for digital proof of vaccination. Photo credit: Evernorth Express Scripts is throwing its hat into the ring for vaccine passports, by adding a feature to its app that lets people access their vaccination records. For people whose health plans use Express Scripts for their PBM, it […]
Researchers across the UK are trialling a range of cannabis extracts to treat conditions from pain and asthma to brain cancer. Charles Ogilvie-Forbes is taking part in a study at King’s College Hospital, London, using CBD to treat the hallucinations he experiences due to his Parkinson’s disease. Filming and graphics: Julius Peacock Edited: Rachael Buchanan
A woman who became the first person in the world to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has had her booster. Margaret Keenan, 91, from Coventry, got her third injection at University Hospital in the city on Friday, the same place she was first vaccinated. Also getting the booster was Matron May Parsons, who administered Ms […]
Getty Images Supermodel Linda Evangelista says she has been left “permanently deformed” by a fat reduction procedure which went wrong. The non-surgical cosmetic procedure uses freezing temperatures to destroy stubborn fat and rid it from the body – but there are risks. How does it work? The cosmetic treatment is based on a technique called […]
A hospital’s staff are already “hanging on by a thread” as the NHS heads into winter, a critical care consultant says. Dr Dhruv Parekh described the pressure on workers at the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital in Birmingham as “immense”. Medics are currently dealing with Covid patients plus increasing numbers of emergency cases while also trying […]
Routine vaccination rates for children have significantly dropped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, leading doctors to worry that there could be outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including ones that carry more risk to children than COVID-19. The number of routine vaccines distributed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccines for Children program — which provides immunizations […]
Garth Brooks has replaced stadium concerts with dive bar gigs, at least for the rest of 2021. “Stadiums are officially out for this year,” the country star said in the latest episode of his show, “Inside Studio G,” on Monday. “Because the dive bars are vaccinated, that’s how you get to do it,” Brooks explained […]
The chief executive of Moderna said Thursday he thinks the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could be over within a year as vaccine production ramps up and doses are delivered around the globe, even as many lower-income nations wait for inoculations. The pharmaceutical company’s CEO, Stéphane Bancel, told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung he believed there […]