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Sex bias in medicine has high costs

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Yet women continue to be under-represented in clinical trials: a joint 2018 review of clinical trials in 2015 by the University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin (by S…

COVID-19 therapeutic drugs may be slow to arrive

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So far, only few treatments have shown benefit in clinical trials. The complexity of the disease means a ‘one treatment for all’ drug may still be a long way away from discovery…

First COVID-19 vaccine may not end all distancing

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While studies show that patients mount an immunity to the virus (at least in the short term) and immediate re-infection is highly unlikely, it is estimated that some 90% of the…

Psychedelic drug research will increase globally

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Government authorities, including in the United States, are speeding up licensing for clinical trials of these controlled drugs. Substantial philanthropic funding supports…

Malaria vaccine could pave the way for global advances

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Implications of the first malaria vaccine to complete human testing.

HIV advances will fail to reduce global burden for now

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The implications of advances on HIV therapies.

China and Russia tactics will undercut their vaccines

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For Russia, it would be a chance for international acclaim and to stoke national pride. For China, success would offset its shortcomings in responding to the emergence of COVID-19…

COVID-19 vaccine allocation may change over time

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Although COVID-19 vaccine candidates are already in production to speed up delivery, there will be limited doses of vaccines available in the immediate term if one of the eleven…

Medical advances may shorten COVID-19 duration

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COVID-19 is accelerating towards a pandemic, but scientific promptness and efficient communication between countries is acting as a brake. This is the third recorded…

COVID-19 cases are likely to surge in winter

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Viruses, however, survive better in the environment during winter and respiratory viruses transmit more readily during a colder, drier season. While some countries experienced the…