Month: November 2021
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Allergic conditions linked to lower COVID-19 infection risk
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People with allergic conditions such as hay fever, rhinitis, and atopic eczema, may have a lower…
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Children with well controlled asthma less likely to be bullied/teased by peers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children whose asthma is relatively well controlled are less likely to be bullied or teased by…
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FDA panel narrowly recommends authorization of Merck Covid pill
A panel of experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration voted by a slim margin on Tuesday to recommend…
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Cyclophilin Inhibitor Fast Tracked for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to CRV431 for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).…
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FDA Rejects Pedmark NDA Again Citing Manufacturing Deficiencies
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a second Complete Response Letter (CRL) to Fennec Pharmaceuticals regarding the New…
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Zero-COVID policies reemerge, with cruel inherent biases
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The omicron variant has revived nations’ consideration of “zero-COVID” policies and travel bans—public health measures, that…
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GE’s spinout of GE Healthcare: Better late than never
General Electric‘s (GE) decision to spin off its 3 major divisions comes amid a small burst of such “de-conglomerations”. It…
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Pfizer applies for FDA authorization of COVID antiviral pill
A few weeks following the first-ever authorization by the FDA of Merck’s oral antiviral pill against COVID-19, another pharmaceutical giant,…
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Holmes admits to misstep & Amazon scores a big health cloud client
Holmes admits to one key misstep in Theranos debacle Since Elizabeth Holmes first took the stand, she’s stuck to the…
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Rates of HIV infection among Black, Hispanic men unchanged in 10 years
Despite numerous advances in the prevention of HIV, new data show that the rate of new infections among Black and…
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