covid19

The pharmaceutical company Msd is in the process of submitting an emergency application to the US fda and is in contact with other regulatory agencies worldwide

The WHO regional director for Africa denounces: "Additional doses to those already vaccinated are political decisions that take precedence over scientific knowledge"

The Italian Red Cross project for free swabs closes today, Thursday 30 September, as scheduled

Documentary on the first Covid wave in Bergamo wins the International Emmy Awards: the work by journalist Stuart Ramsay won the prestigious international award in the "News" category

Heart transplant for Covid baby: the little girl's heart was severely affected by the Covid infection she contracted when she was four months old in February

Breastfeeding and Covid: anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are transmitted from mother to baby through milk

Italy / Third dose to the elderly, nursing homes and health workers: as a 'booster' dose will be used any of the two m-RNA vaccines authorised in Italy (BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna)

A concise critical appraisal reviews an article in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that investigated the effectiveness of awake prone positioning to prevent intubation or death in patients with severe COVID-19

The goal of the EU-US agreement, signed by von der Leyen and Biden, is to achieve a 70% global vaccination rate by the UN General Assembly in 2022

Pfizer announces results of tests on children. If the drug is approved by the FDA, it will be administered to US children as early as the end of October