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Nature
2 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Bird flu outbreak in US cows: why scientists are concerned

The worrisome strain of avian influenza has spread to cows and even one person across six US states.
Health officials are closely monitoring the situation, highlighting concerns about the virus potentially spreading to humans. [ more ]
BBC News
3 months ago
Coronavirus

Covid inquiry postpones vaccine investigation

The Covid inquiry will not start hearing evidence about the development of vaccines and other drugs this summer, as originally planned.
Witness hearings will be postponed until a later date, likely to be after the next general election. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago
Coronavirus

People assume you're crazy for doing it': the Melbourne clinic infecting healthy patients

Human challenge trials are efficient for evaluating vaccines and therapeutics.
Controlled studies like Chim can provide reliable insights into diseases and immunity.
DCT in Australia aims to accelerate the vaccine approval process and benefit financially. [ more ]
New York Post
3 months ago
Public health

Chinese lab had COVID-19 mapped two weeks before global outbreak: documents

A Chinese researcher uploaded the sequence of COVID-19's structure to a US database on Dec. 28, 2019, two weeks before Beijing officially released details of the virus.
The researcher's work was nearly identical to what Beijing eventually presented to the World Health Organization on Jan. 11, 2020.
The extra two weeks could have been pivotal for the global response to the pandemic and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. [ more ]
Medium
11 months ago
Data science

Azure Speech Services, Midjourney 5.1, sktime, and Generative NLP Models

Unlocking the Power of Voice: Enhance Your Applications with Azure Speech Services sktime - Python Toolbox for Machine Learning with Time Series In this post, we will explore key scenarios for implementing our Azure AI in your enterprise, and some of the most innovative Azure Speech features.Generative NLP Models in Customer Service: Evaluating Them, Challenges, and Lessons Learned in Banking Welcome to sktime, the open community and Python framework for all things time series, such as forecasting, classification, and transformations with a familiar and user-friendly scikit-learn-like API.
Medium
11 months ago
Data science

AI Quantum Computing at the Forefront of IMB and Moderna's Team-Up

Computer giant IBM is teaming up with Moderna in order to harness the combined powers of generative AI and quantum computing to advance vaccine development.According to a report by CNBC, the companies signed an agreement for Moderna to access IBM's quantum computing systems.With the aid of these advanced systems, their goals are to accelerate the discovery and creation of new messenger RNA vaccines and therapies.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people

Shana Alesi administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine to Marine Corps veteran Bill Fatz at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Ill., in 2021.A new round of boosters could become available for some people this spring.Scott Olson/Getty Images Katen Moore has already gotten every COVID-19 vaccination available the two original shots, two boosters with one of the first vaccines and a jab with one of the new vaccines updated to target omicron.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC food

Opinion | Cheer Up! The World Is Better Off Than You Think.

Enough with the doom and gloom!Our planet may be in better shape than you think.Human beings have a cognitive bias toward bad news (keeping us alert and alive), and we journalists reflect that: We report on planes that crash, not planes that land.We highlight disasters, setbacks, threats and deaths, so 2022 has kept us busy.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Health

Ebola vaccines produced lasting antibodies during trial: Studies

Studies in West Africa said that the vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co appear to be safe in children and adults.Ebola vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co produced virus-fighting antibodies and appear to be safe in children and adults, according to data from two studies conducted in West Africa.
time.com
1 year ago
Health

Moderna's mRNA Skin Cancer Vaccine Shows Early Promise in a New Study

Coming off the success of its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, Moderna announced on Dec. 13 that it achieved encouraging results when it turned its vaccine technology against cancer.The company reported in a release that among 157 people with stage 3 or stage 4 melanoma, a personalized cancer vaccine that Moderna developed with Merckcreated using mRNA genetic material from each patient's respective tumorsreduced the risk of recurrence or death by 44% compared to standard care.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Meningitis and septicaemia more than just a rash', charity warns

Meningitis and septicaemia are more than just a rash, a charity has warned, as a new poll suggests only one in 20 parents know all the symptoms.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Science

A box of 200 mosquitoes did the vaccinating in this malaria trial. That's not a joke!

Carolina Reid getting her blood drawn as part of a clinical trial for new experimental malaria vaccine based upon live malaria parasites.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Pfizer's RSV Vaccine Succeeds Where Others Failed

As parents worry over the cases of RSV filling up pediatric hospitals in the US, finally some good news: Vaccines that protect newborns from the virus could be ready in time for next year's season.Pfizer Inc. today unveiled promising data on a maternal RSV shot that shows it lowered babies' risk of severe infections in those vulnerable first months of life.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

Scrabble variants' now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US

The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to estimates released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Instead, a host of new sublineages  offshoots of BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5  are now responsible for the majority of new infections in this country.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Patents

Moderna, Inc. ( NASDAQ:MRNA), one of the biotechnology pioneers in messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, earlier today filed a patent infringement lawsuit against both Pfizer and BioNTech in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Public health

Inside the University of Texas at Austin laboratory whose work is being used in all the leading COVID-19 vaccines

The UT-Austin chemistry lab's essential work has been used in various coronavirus vaccines, and even in vaccines meant to combat respiratory syncytial virus
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Covid cases and hospitalizations rising in US as vaccine rates for children lag

Rising coronavirus infections and hospitalizations across the US are spurring fears of an uncertain summer amid new calls for children to be vaccinated.
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