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Extracellular vesicles, or lipid particles released by human cells that cannot replicate, may serve as hidden reservoirs of the Covid-19 virus to contribute to their persistence and recurrence of the infection, a study finds.

Human lipid particles may be hidden reservoirs of Covid-19 virus

HQ Team December 13, 2023: Extracellular vesicles, or lipid particles released by human cells that cannot replicate, may serve as hidden reservoirs of.

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December 14, 2023
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WHO global malaria strategy ‘off track by a wide margin’

HQ Team November 30, 2023: The Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted malaria services, leading to a surge in both incidence and mortality rates, exacerbating.

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November 30, 2023
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The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a “variant of interest” after the global health agency reported an 8.9% rise in global prevalence in cases arising in the UK, France and Sweden.

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Omicron mutant BA.2.86 reclassified as ‘variant of interest’ by WHO

HQ Team November 29, 2023: The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a “variant of interest” after the global.

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November 29, 2023
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One in seven people in the US has had long Covid by the end of 2022, according to a study by British and American researchers.

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One in seven people in US reports having long Covid by the end of 2022

HQ Team November 6, 2023: One in seven people in the US has had long Covid by the end of 2022, according to.

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November 6, 2023
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Germany's BioNTech announced its partner Pfizer Inc.’s write-offs for inventory and other charges related to the Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine may impact 2023 revenue of up to $900 million.

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BioNTech expects revenue to be lower in 2023 as Covid-19 vaccine sales fall

HQ Team October 16, 2023: Germany’s BioNTech announced its partner Pfizer Inc.’s write-offs for inventory and other charges related to the Covid-19 Comirnaty.

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October 16, 2023
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The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents 12 years of age or above, the regulator announced.

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Novavax gets FDA nod for updated Covid-19 vaccine for 12 years and above

HQ Team October 4, 2023: The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents 12.

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October 4, 2023
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The WHO has recommended Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s Qdenga vaccine for dengue where there is a high disease burden and high transmission intensity.

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Global health agency recommends Takeda’s dengue vaccine Qdenga

HQ Team October 3, 2023: The WHO has recommended Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s Qdenga vaccine for dengue where there is a high.

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October 3, 2023
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Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Kariko and US immunologist Drew Weissman jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries that led to the development of vaccines to fight the Covid-19 virus.

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Scientists behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine bag Nobel medicine prize

HQ Team October 2, 2023: Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Kariko and US immunologist Drew Weissman jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.