Vaccine confidence and hesitancy
Understanding the three Cs of vaccine hesitancy could be the key to ensuring effective uptake of covid-19 vaccines, according to Gary Finnegan, health journalist and Editor of Vaccines […]
Understanding the three Cs of vaccine hesitancy could be the key to ensuring effective uptake of covid-19 vaccines, according to Gary Finnegan, health journalist and Editor of Vaccines […]
As planning for a mass covid vaccination campaign gets started, an understanding of vaccines and the factors that drive vaccine confidence will be essential for success. The past […]
Patients with chronic kidney disease have achieved improved outcomes with dapagliflozin treatment, researchers reported on October 8, 2020 in the NEJM/New England Journal of Medicine “Among patients with […]
Researchers from a retrospective study have reported an association between vitamin D deficiency and an increase in the risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus. The findings were […]
HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination appears to significantly lower the risk of cervical cancer, researchers reported on Sept. 30, 2020 in the NEJM/New England Journal of Medicine. “This is […]
Severely obese persons (BMI >35) who suffer a heart attack and who then undergo weight-reduction surgery appear to have a lower risk of a second heart attack, major […]
Researchers report that capmatinib, a targeted therapy, appears to provide clinical benefit to patients who have advanced lung cancer with specific gene mutations. Their findings appear in the […]
Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains how well Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) model to estimate the critical care drug requirements during the covid-19 pandemic worked and the lessons learned […]
Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains how the Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) in Belfast developed and applied a model to estimate the critical care drug requirements during the covid-19 […]
Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains the work of the Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) in Belfast and how the Centre helped to ensure reliable provision of critical care drugs […]
Sex, age, and severity of disease may be useful in identifying COVID-19 survivors who are likely to have high levels of antibodies that can protect against the disease, […]
Patients with psoriasis who are taking drugs that affect their immune system have high rates of survival from COVID-19. According to the first findings from a global registry […]