Difficulty breathing is the most common symptom before cardiac arrest, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021. “Breathing problems more frequently preceded cardiac arrest than chest pain,” said study author Filip Gnesin, a research ...
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the signing of a letter of intent with Eurofarma Laboratórios SA, a Brazilian biopharmaceutical company, to manufacture COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) for distribution within Latin ...
The Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has always focused on increasing protection levels across our entire community, with the highest priority being our most vulnerable people. The response within our aged care sector ...
The nurse’s union warns that using the NSW’s 2000-bed intensive care “surge capacity” unit will come at the cost of COVID-19 care and staff-patient ratios. 116 patients in the NSW are currently in intensive care ...
On August 19 2021, Humane Research Australia (HRA) will release a new case study questioning the scientific relevance of fear experiments conducted on marmosets by researchers at Monash University, in search of new insights about human anxiety. ...
A woman linked to a criminal syndicate convicted of plotting to defraud NDIS participants has been sentenced for her involvement. The sentencing of the woman finalises the successful prosecution of Operation Apus, an NDIS Fraud ...
Children and adolescents are at risk of developing serious neurological complications from COVID-19 that require hospitalization. Elizabeth Mack, M.D., chief of pediatric critical care medicine at MUSC, contributed to a study that found that 22% of children ...
Washington, D.C. – August 18, 2021 – A major crisis that accompanied the rise of the pandemic was lack of availability of the nasopharyngeal swab—necessary for testing for COVID-19, which in turn, was necessary to get ...
A significant number of patients are waiting for elective surgery, 18 months after the first COVID-19 enforced shut down of procedures. It will be some time before the backlog can be addressed, says Australian Private ...
NEW YORK, NY (August 16, 2021)—Columbia will award the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for trailblazing work on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for COVID-19. The prize ...
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) congratulates Australian pharmacists for standing up for their communities, as they pass an important milestone. In a few short weeks, pharmacists have rapidly administered over 100,000 doses of the ...