Surgeons at NYU’s Langone Health have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a human without triggering an immediate rejection of the foreign organ by the recipient’s immune system. The donor pig had genes that were altered so that it’s tissue …
The UK government is monitoring a new mutation of the Delta COVID-19 strain called AY.4.2 or “Delta Plus.” According to the UK Health Security Agency’s report, 6% of Covid local cases that have been genetically sequenced were identified as AY.4.2. …
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Oct. 13 honored Henrietta Lacks whose cells, which were taken without her knowledge or consent, led to crucial medical research worldwide. “In honoring Henrietta Lacks, WHO acknowledges the importance of reckoning with past scientific …
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Oct. 13 a new group that may be the “last chance” to identify the origins of COVID-19. During a press briefing, WHO announced nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins on …
A new Canadian study discovered that the COVID-19’s delta strain is more serious and resulted in an increased risk of death compared to previous variants, odds that are significantly decreased with immunization. University of Toronto researchers published the study on …
People who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 accounted for only 1.2% of all COVID-19 deaths in England in the first seven months of 2021, according to a new analysis. According to the figures published by the Office for National Statistics …
Pfizer-BioNTech’s study showed that the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine reduced by 13 percent over six months after the second dose, which means booster shots might be necessary in the future. The vaccine’s efficacy diminished from 96% to 84% in …
Europe’s drugs regulator looked into three new conditions to assess whether they may be possible side-effects related to COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer PFE.N and Moderna MRNA.O. According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the safety committee is looking at erythema …
Britain scientists from Imperial College London said that people who have recovered from COVID-19 were more likely to score poorly on intelligence tests. Adam Hampshire, a cognitive neuroscientist at Imperial College London and lead author of the paper, said it’s …
China has refused the plan of the World Health Organization (WHO) to conduct the second phase of investigation on the origin of the coronavirus. “We will not accept such an origins-tracing plan as it, in some aspects, disregards common sense …