Medical
Cat tests positive for coronavirus in England
Medical Director at Public Health England Yvonne Doyle said the animal's infection "should not be cause for alarm". The cat and its owners have fully recovered and the pet is thought to have been infected by the people it lived with, not vice versa, with no suggestion that felines could transmit it to humans. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: US government doubles spending on vaccine candidate amid surge in cases
The first large study of safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States began on Monday morning, July 27, 2020, according to the National Institutes of Health and Moderna, which collaborated to develop the vaccine. [Full Article...]
Moderna gets another $472m in United States gov't aid for vaccine trials
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More than 150 vaccine candidates are in various stages of development, with 23 prospects in human trials across the globe. Participants will get two doses of the vaccine given 28 days apart. "We will price it responsibly during the pandemic, to make sure it is broadly accessible", a spokesman, Ray Jordan, said in an email. Moderna shares were up more than 9% Monday. [Full Article...]
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test
Moderna's mRNA-1273 uses the mRNA (messenger RNA) delivery platform to encode for an S-2P immunogen. Moderna has received the additional support from the government as it has expanded the third phase of the clinical trial of its vaccine candidate to include 30,000 volunteers. [Full Article...]
World Health Organization announces landmark achievement in elimination of hepatitis B
July 28 is observed as World Hepatitis Day (WHD) across the globe in order to raise awareness about the disease and with an aim to eradicate it completely from planet earth by 2030. We daily see patients with liver cirrhosis which is the last stage of the liver disease due to viral hepatitis. This is also a chronic disease. Symptoms of hepatitis E are similar to hepatitis D. [Full Article...]
COVID-19: Number of new cases is stable in Ontario, Ottawa
This is down from Sunday's 137 new cases , as well as the 138 cases announced Saturday , Friday's 195 cases , and well under Tuesday's 203 - which was the highest reported numbers in nearly a month. Since July 19, the city had made up just over 17 per cent of Ontario's confirmed cases. Laboratories across Canada have tested more than 3.8 million people as of July 26 and 99,355 - or 87 per... [Full Article...]
BC continues to see more than 20 new coronavirus cases per day
The coronavirus outbreak on Haida Gwaii announced Friday now includes 14 people. "Over 1,010 people are required to self-isolate in B.C. because they have been identified as being exposed to COVID-19 and are at a high risk at the moment", said Henry. [Full Article...]
Wisconsin reports 957 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
In July, Pennsylvania's 14-day rate of new cases per 100,000 residents has risen by more than 70%, from below 60 to nearly 100. This brings the county's total since the COVID-19 pandemic began to 2,703 cases, 108 confirmed deaths and two probable deaths. [Full Article...]