WHO worried COVID-19 'amnesia' will lead to another pandemic

"I have seen the amnesia that seems to descend upon the world after a traumatic event, and that`s understandable," said WHO's top emergency expert.

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Serotonin promotes patience in parts of brain, reveal scientists

This recent work draws very heavily from the previous research, in which a powerful technique called optogenetics was used by the unit. 

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Many countries have shown COVID-19 can be controlled, even without coronavirus vaccine: WHO

The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called COVID-19 an uneven pandemic and stated that almost half of all cases and deaths are in just four countries. 

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Will COVID-19 vaccine protect you from novel coronavirus? Know likely side-effects

Vaccines work by training and preparing the body's natural defences, the immune system, to recognize and fight off the viruses and bacteria they target. 

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Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine 95 per cent effective, to cost less than USD 20 in international market

Russia said that the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will be two or more times cheaper than foreign vaccines based on mRNA technology with similar efficacy rates. 

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Coronavirus infection may offer protection from reinfection for this long; read here

The latest study is part of a major ongoing staff testing programme supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and Public Health England.

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Three kids of COVID-19 positive parents in Australia develop antibodies without being coronavirus infected

"This in-depth family case study provides novel insights into immunological responses in children exposed to SARS-CoV-2," said the authors.

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Air pollution may affect mental health later in life, new study finds

Results also suggested that depressive symptoms might play a role in linking long-term air pollution exposure to memory decline more than 10 years after the exposure.

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Pfizer final analysis of Phase 3 study indicates COVID-19 vaccine efficacy rate of 95%

Based on current projections, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to produce globally up to 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion coronavirus doses by the end of 2021. 

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COVID-19: ICMR issues advisory, asks states to desist from indiscriminate use of Plasma Therapy

The ICMR said that indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy should be avoided as it does not reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients.

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E-cigarette users may have increased susceptibility to coronavirus

The researchers wanted to study what happens when e-cigarette users are exposed to a respiratory virus.

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