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Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in first year, scientists say

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Almost 20 million lives were saved by Covid-19 vaccines in the first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for immunizations had been met, researchers reported on Friday. Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. (Source: Associated Press) On December 8, 2020, a retired salesman in England received the first vaccination as part of …

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CDC director signs Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 6 to 17 – CNN

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CNN — The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky has signed a recommendation of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 6 to 17, the agency said on Friday. The move paves the way for the vaccine to be given to this age group. The recommendation comes after the …

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New research: COVID-19 vaccines saved 20 million deaths worldwide in the first year – SciTechDaily

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According to a new modeling study published in Lancet Infectious Diseasesit is estimated that COVID-19 vaccines prevented 20 million deaths worldwide in the first year of the vaccine programme. The first modeling study to determine the effect of COVID-19 First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused …

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Pig heart transplant failure: Doctors explain everything that went wrong – Ars Technica

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Zoom / Much of the heart is made up of muscle cells like the one shown here. Earlier this year, news broke of the first experimental foreign transplant: a human patient with a heart condition received a heart from a pig that had been genetically engineered to avoid rejection. Although the trial was initially successful, …

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Study finds monkeypox virus mutating at an unprecedented rate with “accelerated evolution” – New York Post

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Researchers investigating the monkeypox virus said it appears to have mutated at an unprecedented rate — much faster than experts initially expected, according to a new study. The study, published in the medical journal Nature Medicine on Thursday, found that there were an average of 50 mutations in samples this year while only as many …

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Study finds monkeypox virus mutating at an unprecedented rate with “accelerated evolution” – New York Post

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Researchers investigating the monkeypox virus said it appears to have mutated at an unprecedented rate — much faster than experts initially expected, according to a new study. The study, published in the medical journal Nature Medicine on Thursday, found that there were an average of 50 mutations in samples this year while only as many …

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Dyslexia is not a disorder, it’s part of the cultural evolution of our species, say researchers – BBC Science Focus Magazine

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge say dyslexia should be considered a difference, not a disorder. This is evidenced by studies in cognition, behavior, and the brain that show that people with dyslexia specialize in exploring the unknown and thinking in terms of the bigger picture. The strengths of the dyslexic brain may have evolved …

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