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Steven Brandenburg was working at Advocate Aurora Health in Grafton, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, when he was arrested last month following an investigation into the 57 spoiled vials of the Moderna vaccine. He has not been criminally charged. A status conference in the case is scheduled for Tuesday. … [Read more...] about Board suspends license of Wisconsin pharmacist suspected of trying to spoil COVID-19 vaccines

One of the findings of the study, co-authored with his colleagues and under the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, is that the dedicated head and neck 18F-FDG PET/CT protocol was useful for the detection and localisation of recurrent and/or metastatic lesions in surveyed patients. This study won first prize at a medical competition in Hà Nội. … [Read more...] about Young doctor pursues nuclear medicine to improve cancer treatment

solid organ transplant recipients those with specific cancers: people with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy people with lung cancer who are undergoing radical radiotherapy people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment people having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer people having other targeted cancer treatments that can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs those with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) those with rare diseases that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), homozygous sickle cell disease) those on immunosuppression therapies … [Read more...] about Urgent protection needed to protect people with diabetes from Covid, warn experts

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus openly expressed "disappointment" with China last week after Beijing failed to grant final permission to the delegation to enter the country, although the plans had been jointly arranged between the two sides. Beijing defended the delay as a "misunderstanding.' … [Read more...] about WHO Experts Arrive in China to Probe Pandemic’s Origins

Last month, House Appropriations committee member Chris Stewart of Utah unveiled a bill calling for federal health agencies to spend roughly $1.2 billion in remaining funds set aside to respond to 2014's Ebola outbreak on Zika instead, a position supported by the spending committee's leadership. The Senate has not acted on the Obama request, and Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, a member of the Senate spending committee, last month questioned adding to the federal deficit by acceding to the Obama administration's Zika request, when Ebola funds remain unspent. … [Read more...] about Zika Virus Updates: Few Pregnant Travelers Are Infected With Zika

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is reportedly ready to give it the green light this week, making the UK the first Western country to approve a Covid vaccine. … [Read more...] about First Covid vaccine could get UK approval within DAYS – as government bids to recruit celebrities and social media stars to counter ‘concerning’ anti-vaxxer theories online

"People are afraid because of the fighting, and most Tigray areas are unsafe. On top of that, there is a lack of medicine, oxygen, food, water, shelter. Thousands have been displaced. The challenges are extreme," Vinoles told DW.The few functioning hospitals lack staff — they have fled for fear of violence.  … [Read more...] about Ethiopia: Humanitarian crisis worsens in Tigray

I’m happy to report my mother continues to persevere, but her resilience hasn’t been the only silver lining to this ordeal. Years spent in the company of nurses and doctors—unfailingly committed, but perpetually overworked and often sleep deprived—convinced me that the power of AI could radically elevate the way care is delivered. Intelligent sensors could keep tireless watch over patients, automate time-consuming tasks like charting and transcription, and identify lapses in safety protocols as they happen. After all, if AI can safely guide cars along freeways at 70 miles per hour, I wondered, why can’t it help caregivers keep up with the chaos of the healthcare environment? … [Read more...] about An artificial intelligence scholar urges technologists to embrace humility

"So we have to get to very high levels of vaccine coverage in those vulnerable groups before we can reduce the risk of having basically the same number of deaths again. … [Read more...] about Beating Covid means you could face RELAXED isolation rules thanks to immunity

A: Each drug company has an independent data and safety monitoring board that reviews the Phase 3 clinical trial data. Once companies complete trials, they will submit the data to the FDA. The agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet publicly to discuss the data. The FDA’s career scientists will review the data and decide whether to grant the vaccine emergency use authorization.vaccine review board. Once the FDA has authorized a vaccine or vaccines, the state board — made up of 11 vaccine experts, researchers and health officials — will analyze the safety and efficacy of the vaccines. … [Read more...] about COVID vaccines are coming soon. Here’s what Bay Area residents should know