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The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are about 95% effective, and the AstraZeneca vaccine is on average 70% effective. (The AstraZeneca vaccine is 62% effective under one dosing regimen, and 90% effective under another dosing regimen. But these results have come under some scrutiny after the company acknowledged an error in vaccine dosing given to some trial participants.) The AstraZeneca data was peer reviewed and published in the medical journal The Lancet on Dec. 8. Pfizer’s data is final, but the other two companies’ data is preliminary. Pfizer and Moderna are the only companies to apply for FDA authorization for their vaccines. … [Read more...] about COVID vaccines are coming soon. Here’s what Bay Area residents should know

Chronic tiredness Breathlessness  Raised heart rate Delusions Strokes Insomnia Loss of taste/smell Kidney disease  Mobility issues Headaches Muscle pains Fevers  For those with more severe disease, Italian researchers who tracked 143 people who had been hospitalised with the disease found almost 90 per cent still had symptoms including fatigue two months after first falling unwell. … [Read more...] about Doctor, 38, battling Long Covid who previously treated dozens of Ebola patients in West Africa says she can now barely walk unaided and fears she may end up in a wheelchair after virus ‘damaged her spinal cord’

In a YouTube video posted last year, Owusu gave a candid account of her experience with Apetamin, warning subscribers: “This is not a booty-gaining medicine; it’s a weight-gain medicine.” She said she would not take the supplement again. “I guess after I made my YouTube video, I didn't expect it to go as far as it did, but I did have some people in the comments weigh in on some of the things I experienced and they just brought some things to light. I guess just some things that made me a little bit concerned to take it again.” … [Read more...] about Black Women Are Taking This Dangerous Weight-Gain Drug To Get Thick

Last year a report by Women's Aid, titled A Perfect Storm, found that domestic abuse had worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic, with 91 per cent of respondents experiencing domestic abuse saying the pandemic had negatively impacted them in at least one way. … [Read more...] about Victims of domestic abuse can now access support by using the code phrase ‘Ask for Ani’ at more than 2,500 pharmacies across the UK

Women infected during the first trimester of pregnancy had most of the birth defects, but one woman infected as late as her 27th week also had a fetus with central nervous system abnormalities. Microcephaly, the shrunken skull and brain birth defect seen in clusters during the Zika outbreak, was just one of a range of brain-tissue-related birth defects seen among the infected women. Two suffered stillbirths late in their pregnancy, and two identified early in the study miscarried before they could be examined by ultrasound. … [Read more...] about Zika Virus Updates: Few Pregnant Travelers Are Infected With Zika

It was for this reason that the hospital, with sponsorship by Bayer Vietnam, set up the club for stroke patients to share knowledge and experiences about the disease, how to prevent it and cure it, how to take care of stroke patients, and how to use medicines correctly. … [Read more...] about Prevent strokes since curing is difficult: doctors

Doctors, nurses, pharmacist and other staff would get the vaccine on Saturday. “All our employees are anxious about taking the vaccination. We will come to know how many of the registered beneficiaries turn up for the vaccination only tomorrow,” said an employee in the Department of Health. … [Read more...] about All set for COVID-19 vaccination in Virudhunagar district

Singh said: "The good news for women living with endometriosis in Việt Nam is that recently there is an oral progestin treatment taken once daily, which is an important management option for patients with the disease as it has been proven to relieve the chronic, debilitating pelvic pain caused by endometriosis including menstrual pain and pain during sexual intercourse. … [Read more...] about Medical advances in treating endometriosis shared at conferences

Public health officials have offered a glimmer of hope to the rest of the world, with the reassuring results of its speedy vaccine rollout. … [Read more...] about At least 23 people die in Norway just days after getting Pfizer Covid vaccine

Prof Jon Deeks, a biostatistician of the University of Birmingham, said: “It’s clear that the regulator has agreed this is not a sage way of using these tests. We urgently need clarity from the government about what their mass-testing plans are for the future. It’s important for schools, teachers and children to know what the position is.” … [Read more...] about Schools demand No 10 explain unauthorised use of rapid Covid tests