Smear tests: Women to trial ‘do-it-at-home’ kits for NHS
[unable to retrieve full-text content]About 31,000 women will be offered the swab checks, which can help spot early signs of cervical cancer. BBC News – Health
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Meet the students trying to simplify clinical trial recruitment for veterans
A group of Northern Virginia high school students is hoping to make it a little easier for vulnerable individuals to connect with clinical trials that might benefit them – with the help of an app they’ve been developing over the course of nearly two years. Ethan Ocasio, Shreeja Kikkisetti and Neeyanth Kopparapu created the… Read More »
Oxford vaccine trial pause isn’t bad news – it’s the process working
By Clare Wilson Michelle D’Urbano The has been great alarm over the news that a trial of a vaccine candidate for the coronavirus, from the University of Oxford and drug firm AstraZeneca, has had to be put on hold after a participant developed strange neurological symptoms. It might seem a cause for concern, but, in… Read More »
Coronavirus: ‘Right thing’ to be part of plasma trial
Media playback is unsupported on your device Blood plasma from patients who have recovered from Covid-19 is being tested as a potential treatment for those still suffering from the disease. It is hoped transfusing seriously ill patients with the plasma – which contains coronavirus antibodies – can give struggling immune systems a helping hand. Mother-of-seven… Read More »
At rare trial of alleged vaccine side effects, parents say H1N1 flu shot killed 5-year-old daughter
By most accounts, Amina Abudu was a happy, healthy little girl in 2009, when health authorities declared that a pandemic flu virus was sweeping the world. A vaccine was rushed to market, and the five year old was among millions of Canadians to get the flu shot, amid widespread fears about the new pathogen. Five… Read More »