Vaccination
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do no harm to male fertility, says study
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines pose no threat to male fertility, a finding experts hope will prompt more men to get vaccinated.
Jun 17, 2021
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Social media may influence parents' views on HPV vaccination
Studies by Penn State College of Medicine researchers demonstrate that misinformation on social media may affect parents' willingness to have their children vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). They also found that ...
Jun 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Japan approves Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines
Japan formally approved Moderna and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines on Friday, but the latter will not be used immediately because of lingering concern over very rare blood clots.
May 21, 2021
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'Impossible' to hold Olympics during pandemic, Japan doctors union warns
Holding the Tokyo Olympics safely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage would be "impossible," a union of Japanese hospital doctors warned on Wednesday.
May 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How accurate were early expert predictions on COVID-19, and how did they compare to the public?
Who made more accurate predictions about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic—experts or the public? A study from the University of Cambridge has found that experts such as epidemiologists and statisticians made far more ...
May 5, 2021
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Japan rolls out vaccine slowly, despite looming Olympics
Three months before it hosts the Olympics—the biggest international event since the pandemic began—Japan has fully vaccinated less than one percent of its population in a cautious, slow-moving programme.
Apr 23, 2021
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Most people support sharing vaccines with other countries—new study
"Contagion," a 2011 film about an influenza pandemic, ends with the first doses of a vaccine being allocated by lottery. COVID-19 vaccines are now being rolled out, including by lottery in some parts of the US. Governments ...
Apr 20, 2021
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EU regulator 'convinced' AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risk
The European Union's drug regulator insisted Tuesday that there is "no indication" the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on with a vaccine known to ...
Mar 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine nationalism will block our path out of the pandemic. How do we resist our tribal instinct?
Most nations are currently focusing their efforts to defeat the pandemic within their own borders, under pressure to help their citizens first. But this is a global problem and governments need to work together to eradicate ...
Mar 3, 2021
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Japan extends emergency amid vaccine, Olympic uncertainty
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday that he is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other areas through March 7, amid growing uncertainty over the national rollout of vaccines and ...
Feb 2, 2021
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