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FDA issues updated guidance on adapting Covid-19 vaccines, tests and therapeutics for coronavirus variants

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued updated guidance for companies that plan to adapt their Covid-19 medical products — including vaccines, tests and therapeutics — to address the emergence of coronavirus variants. The agency said in an announcement on Monday that it expects that “manufacturing information will remain generally the same” for authorized

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‘Absolutely defeated’: Black nurses struggle with mental health support while battling Covid-19

Throughout Olivia Thompson’s 12-hour shift as a cardiac and Covid-19 nurse in Chandler, Arizona, she closely monitors the oxygen levels of several patients at a time and works with other medical specialists to heal them. For some, no amount of care Thompson gives prevents them from being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. “There were

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Clinics are springing up around the country for what some call a potential second pandemic: Long Covid

From Washington state to Florida, from California to Massachusetts, facilities are opening to help the growing number of Americans who suffer from Covid-19 symptoms many months after their diagnosis. Just a little more than a year into the pandemic, it’s not clear how many Covid-19 patients go on to develop what’s called long-term Covid, or

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Cloning Fast Facts

Here’s some background information about cloning, a process of creating an identical copy of an original. Facts Reproductive Cloning is the process of making a full living copy of an organism. Reproductive cloning of animals transplants nuclei from body cells into eggs that have had their nucleus removed. That egg is then stimulated to divide

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Chemicals in plastics damage babies’ brains and must be banned immediately, expert group says

Synthetic chemicals called phthalates are damaging children’s brain development and therefore must be immediately banned from consumer products, according to a group of scientists and health professionals from Project TENDR. Project TENDR, which stands for Targeting Environmental Neuro-Development Risks, is a group of volunteer scientists, health professionals and child advocates working to study and reduce

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