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Do-it-yourself COVID-19 vaccines fraught with public health problems
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Well-intentioned “citizen scientists” developing homemade COVID-19 vaccines may believe they’re inoculating themselves against the ongoing pandemic, but the practice of self-experimentation with do-it-yourself…
Majority of Respondents Support Chimeric Animal Research: Survey
Human-animal chimeric embryos—organisms created using cells from two or more species—have the potential to change how researchers study disease and generate organs and tissues for human…
Vivir, enfermar y morir en el Sur de Buenos Aires
En esta edición, la revista se enfoca en el bienestar humano y su íntima vinculación con un planeta sano. La conversión y fragmentaci…
Some scientists taking ‘DIY inoculations’ instead of waiting for COVID-19 vaccine
TORONTO -- Nearly 200 COVID-19 vaccines are in development, and more than 60 of those are at various stages of human testing. But for some, a vaccine isn’t coming soon…
Health officials scramble to explain details of Trump’s $200 drug discount card
Health officials scrambled Friday to explain President Trump’s plan to send $200 prescription drug discount cards to 33 million Medicare recipients as experts cast doubt on the proposal and Democrats…
Opinion: Why the SDGs’ defining decade must focus on accountability for those left behind
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world had achieved remarkable progress in improving health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents. Reducing under-5 and maternal mortality, improving sexual and reproductive health…
Trump Promises Drug Discount Cards as an Expensive Pre-election Gift
WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed on Thursday to send $200 discount cards for prescription drugs to 33 million older Americans, a $6.6 billion election-eve promise with dubious legal authority that he announced as…
Bioethicists condemn DIY COVID-19 vaccine efforts
Across the country, a small handful of scientists are brewing up their own homemade and unproven COVID-19 vaccines and giving them to friends, family and themselves. These scientists hail from…
Under fire, FDA to issue stricter guidance for Covid-19 vaccine EUA this week — report
The FDA has been insisting for months that a Covid-19 vaccine had to be at least 50% effective – a measure of transparency meant to shore public trust in the agency…
Trump looks for ways to win over voters on health care after failing to deliver on promises
President Trump is pushing advisers to deliver health-care “wins” in the final weeks of the campaign, leading to a frenzied rollout of proposals as polls show the president…