The FDA issued an alert about the potential of mutations, including the B.1.1.7 variant, affecting molecular COVID-19 tests. However, regulators said that risk appears low.
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Coronary heart disease didn’t seem to explain the risk of sudden death associated with the trait in a combined analysis of five major population-based studies.
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The RNAi therapeutic vutrisiran met its primary and secondary endpoints in the HELIOS-A phase 3 study of patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.
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Substantial drinking during adolescence can take a heavy toll on the developing brain — and may lead to disruptions in white matter integrity, new research suggests.
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Statins were linked to a roughly 50% reduction in heart failure hospitalizations among older patients with breast cancer, including those given anthracyclines.
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False negative results are a particular risk with Curative Inc’s COVID-19 test, the FDA says in safety bulletin.
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Controversy surrounds a proposal to delay the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination in order to increase the number of people who could get immunized with at least one dose.
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Aggressive use of red-cell transfusion for extremely-low-birth-weight newborns with anemia does not improve survival and fails to stem neurodevelopmental impairment by age 2, a new study finds.
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British doctors have said a government decision to delay giving a coronavirus vaccine booster shot to vulnerable patients who have already had a first dose will be distressing and disruptive, their trade union said on Thursday.
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A postmortem analysis of brain tissue from people diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder revealed that two genes in the prefrontal cortex, ELFN1 and UBA7, play key roles in the condition.
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