A Pill to Treat Covid-19? The U.S. Is Betting on It.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new $ 3.2 billion program will support the development of antiviral pills, which could start arriving by the end of this year. NYT > Health
Covid: Epidemic growing across England, says study
Prof Paul Elliot, who directs the study, said: “We can take quite a lot of comfort from the fact that when we look in the details, it does appear that there is very, very good protection in the older ages, where there is virtually everyone double vaccinated. BBC News – Health
Bold plan for ‘unthinkable achievement’
A coalition of health and research leaders have proposed a plan to end the transmission of HIV in Australia by 2025. The costed proposal, to be presented to parliament on Thursday, also intends to avert more than 6000 infections by 2030, which the group said will save $ 1.4bn in health costs. The plan declares… Read More »
Transparency by drug companies, scrutiny by journalists, vital in vaccine news
Pfizer’s chairman and CEO proclaimed in a Pfizer company news release: “Today is a great day for science and humanity.” In that PR news release – but only in that format – Pfizer announced early results of “a vaccine efficacy rate above 90%, at 7 days after the second dose.” That’s about all we know… Read More »
“Investigating Health & Medicine” – Global Investigative Journalism Network
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