Study uses AI to assess data from citizen science efforts and published literature on 9,700 bird species A new study to assess the population of birds in the wild has found there could be close to 50 billion individuals around the world – about six for every human on Earth. The ... Read More »
Small number of deaths recorded among older, frail patients who received first shot are to be expected and show vaccines working as predicted, experts say A “very low” number of vaccinated patients are being admitted to hospital, scientists have said, in what is seen as confirmation that the Covid-19 ... Read More »
Scientists at Texas A&M University’s Global Health Research Complex say they’ve detected a new Covid-19 variant that shows signs of a more contagious strain that causes more severe illness and appears to be resistant to antibodies. The new variant, BV-1, named after its Brazos Valley origin, was found during Texas A&M’s ... Read More »
New coronavirus mutations could emerge within the next year that significantly reduce the effectiveness of the current Covid-19 vaccines, scientists from across the world are warning. The failure to provide even and equitable access to the vaccines is heightening this risk by allowing the virus to continue spreading freely among some of the ... Read More »
Scientists have discovered a way to power wearable devices using radio waves sent from microwaves, Wi-Fi connections, and other machines. The researchers, led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, a professor in the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, developed a stretchable wideband antenna system made up of two metal antennas integrated onto conductive graphene with a metal ... Read More »
Pfizer has started stage one clinical trials of an oral pill that the company claims Covid-19 patients can take as soon as they start developing symptoms. If the trail is successful, this could be the first early intervention for Covid of its kind that could prevent the worsening of symptoms. Pfizer is conducting the trial ... Read More »
What are the chances that my vaccine will not work? The prospects of vaccines failing to trigger immune responses are dismissed as remote by scientists. “If a vaccine has not been properly refrigerated that might pose problems but doctors take great care to ensure that doesn’t happen,” said Prof Helen ... Read More »
Florida healthcare worker was vaccinated three weeks before giving birth to girl with Covid-19 antibodies Early research shows that vaccinated pregnant mothers pass on Covid-19 antibodies to their children via breastmilk and in utero. Numerous preliminary studies show that pregnant women who got an mRNA vaccine, such as those from Pfizer or Moderna, had ... Read More »
With lack of vaccinations and schools in England set to reopen cases must not be ignored, experts warn Scientists have warned that emerging data on long Covid in children should not be ignored given the lack of a vaccine for this age group, but cautioned that the evidence describing these enduring ... Read More »
The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been “highly effective” in reducing coronavirus infections and severe illness among elderly people in Britain, with a more than 80 percent reduction in hospitalisation, official data showed Monday. In the over 80s, a single dose of either vaccine is more than 80 percent effective ... Read More »
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