An interesting review published by Alu and others in the Lancet February 1st 2022 tries to summarise this issue. Currently licensed COVID-19 vaccines are all designed for intramuscular immunisation. However, vaccination today failed to prevent the virus...
An interesting news report published by Burki in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 25Th January 2022 reviews this topic. On January 17th 2022 the Australian Open tennis tournament began. Notably absent was the champion Novak Djokovic. He had had his visa...
A study published as a preprint in bioRxiv by Zou and others posted 22nd January 2022 showed that antibodies which work against the Omicron variant are still present four months after receiving a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine. This study is the first...
Not All Parents Catch Covid From Children Liverpool Echo January 2022 Dr Paul Ettinger speaks to the Liverpool Echo discussing why some parents don’t always catch Omicron from their children. Dr Ettinger outlines two primary reasons why this can be the case;...
The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) suggest that the BA.2 strain of Omicron may be even more transmissible than the original variant. But the good news is that current vaccines appear to offer the same level of protection against symptomatic...
An article published by Onken and others in Aging Cell 27th November 2021 tries to research this issue. Metformin, the most commonly prescribed anti-diabetes medication, has multiple reported health benefits such as: Lowering the risks of cardiovascular disease...
