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Men with Covid-19 3 times more likely to need intensive care: study
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» PARIS - Men infected with Covid-19 are three times more likely to require intensive care than women and are at significantly higher risk of dying from the virus, scientists said Wednesday.
Why Covid may be more life-threatening for some patients
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2020
» NEW YORK: When two brothers fell critically ill with Covid-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both were young -- 29 and 31 years old -- and healthy. Yet within days they could not breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died.
Race for vaccine tests limits of drug innovation
AFP, Published on 31/03/2020
» PARIS: From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of Covid-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine.
Blood biomarkers found for chronic fatigue syndrome
AFP, Published on 28/02/2015
» WASHINGTON - Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease with distinct stages that can be identified through biomarkers in the blood, researchers said Friday, offering hope that earlier diagnosis may improve treatment.
Breakthrough in Australian hunt for devil vaccine
AFP, Published on 12/03/2013
» Australian scientists on Tuesday hailed a breakthrough discovery in the hunt for a vaccine against a savage facial tumour disease threatening the endangered Tasmanian devil with extinction.