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Category: pharma & healthcare
New Gel Treatment Shows Promise For Skin Cancer
A new topical gel applied by the patient several times a day may be able to reduce the need for surgeries to treat skin cancer.
Delta Variant Wave’s Trajectory Bodes Poorly For The U.S.
If the U.S. Delta wave follows a course analogous to the U.K., this could spell trouble as autumn and winter approach. A rapid rise in cases followed by a quick decline and then a rebound to a plateau at an appreciably elevated level constitutes a worr…
Healing Ruptured Eardrums With A New 3-D Printed Graft
As a result of the extensive damage inflicted by the shockwave, the ruptured eardrums of most patients were beyond self repair and a tympanoplasty, originating in the 1950s, was no longer the most efficient treatment thought to date.
A Warning About The Future Of Covid-19 From The Scientific Advisory Group For Emergencies Of The United Kingdom
According to a recent report from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) in the United Kingdom, the virus is very likely to evolve into a still more dangerous form. We must be prepared for this outcome, for we are already behind the curve…
A New Study Documents Efficient COVID-19 Transmission From Infected Children And Adolescents To Household Contacts
A recent study provides an answer to this question: children and adolescents transmit SARS-CoV-2 efficiently to household contacts and some of these contacts require hospitalization.
Approval Of First Interchangeable Biosimilar, Semglee, Is Sign Of An Improving U.S. Biosimilars Market, Despite Challenges
On July 28th, the FDA approved the first interchangeable biosimilar, Semglee (long-acting insulin glargine), which implies that it can be automatically substituted at the pharmacy counter. This will usher in more competition into the insulin glargine m…
U.S. Maternal And Infant Mortality: More Signs Of Public Health Neglect
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world where maternal mortality is rising. And with respect to infant mortality, the U.S. ranks 33 out of 36 OECD nations, with 5.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. In the U.S. in 2018 21,000 infants…
What We Need To Know About The Future Of Variants
Virologists disagree on the following question: is Delta as destructive as they come, or is an even more potent variant on the horizon?
Ventilated Classrooms Are Critical To Protecting Our Children From Covid Infection
As children return to school, we must focus on ensuring our classrooms are appropriately ventilated to protect them from the highly transmissible Delta variant.
