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Medical Xpress / Patents not 'limiting factor' for vaccine production: BioNTech
German firm BioNTech said Thursday that patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines is not holding back production or supply of the jabs that it developed with Pfizer.
Medical Xpress / Real-world studies show Pfizer vaccine shields against COVID-19 variants
(HealthDay)—In two real-world studies, Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appears to be standing up well against the challenges posed by more contagious coronavirus variants from Britain and South Africa.
Medical Xpress / Asthma attacks plummeted among Black and Hispanic/Latinx individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Asthma attacks account for almost 50 percent of the cost of asthma care which totals $80 billion each year in the United States. Asthma is more severe in Black and Hispanic/Latinx patients, with double the rates of attacks ...
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 vaccine is associated with fewer asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
Vaccination dramatically reduced COVID-19 symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employees compared with their unvaccinated peers, according to a research letter that appears today ...
Medical Xpress / Healthy young adults who had COVID-19 may have long-term impact on blood vessels and heart health
New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and who only had minor symptoms due to the virus.
Medical Xpress / India's polio vaccination provides valuable insights for mass vaccination campaigns
As India urgently scales up its vaccination campaign for the COVID-19 virus, a new study which examined the country's successful program to eliminate polio provides guidance on how this and future mass immunization campaigns ...
Medical Xpress / The COVID-19 pandemic: Even mild disease impacts mental health
A significant level of symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress may follow COVID-19 independent of any previous psychiatric diagnoses, according to new research by Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...
Medical Xpress / Obesity may be a more significant risk factor for death from COVID-19 for men than women
Obesity may be a stronger risk factor for death, severe pneumonia and the need for intubation in men than in women with COVID-19, according to a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious ...
Medical Xpress / Mental health services wane as insurers appear to skirt parity rules during pandemic
Therapists and other behavioral health care providers cut hours, reduced staffs and turned away patients during the pandemic as more Americans experienced depression symptoms and drug overdoses, according to a new report ...
Medical Xpress / ATTR amyloidosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from a global medical roundtable
The global spread of COVID-19 has raised serious concern for patients with chronic disease. A correlation has been identified between the severity of COVID-19 and a patient's preexisting comorbidities. Although COVID-19 primarily ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find association between financial strain due to COVID-19 and depression
Researchers have found an independent association between COVID-19-related income loss and financial strain and depression, according to the latest study from the COVID-19 Resilience Project, run by the Lifespan Brain Institute ...
Medical Xpress / Better healthcare guidance needed for trans people
Clinical practice guidelines for dealing with the physical and mental health of transgender people highlight the current lack of a solid research base which must be improved, according to a new study published in the journal ...