Print this page KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE) June 17, 2020 — Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Keytruda, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic tumor mutational burden-high
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A medical worker organizes antibody tests on April 29, 2020 in White Plains, NY. Pablo Monsalve | VIEW press | Getty Images Coronavirus antibodies may last only two to three months after a person becomes infected with Covid-19, according to a new study published Thursday in Nature Medicine. Researchers examined 37 asymptomatic people, those who never
Pioneering research led by the University of Stirling could play a vital role in reducing the prevalence of “snail fever” – a debilitating infection that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. The infection – also known as schistosomiasis or bilharzia – is caused by a parasite that lives in fresh water in subtropical and
Asymptomatic individuals carrying SARS-CoV-2 shed the virus longer than those with COVID-19 symptoms, with other lab findings suggesting the symptomatic patients mounted more robust immune responses, a small study in China found. Median duration of viral shedding among 37 asymptomatic patients was 19 days (interquartile range 15-26; range 6-45) versus 14 days among 37 matched
Florida reported 3,207 additional coronavirus cases on Thursday — the largest single-day count in the state since the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health. Florida’s total reported cases climbed to nearly 86,000, according to data. The Sunshine State has “all the markings of the next large epicenter of coronavirus transmission,” and risks being
With every action there is a reaction. Yet another Black American is killed in police custody, but this time it’s different. Protests break out across the US, in major cities and small towns. Many of them dominated by suburban White folk like myself. But the backlash against the protest is just winding up. Rodney Warner
A French infant named Jules is the first in the world to be born using a method called in vitro maturation (IVM) followed by vitrification. His mother is a breast cancer survivor who became infertile after chemotherapy treatment. In IVM, eggs are matured after they’ve been extracted from the mother, when they’re outside the body.
New survey results have revealed 80% of Brits feel that working from home has negatively impacted their mental health I think we can all agree: 2020, as a whole, has been tough. With Covid-19 leading to many being furloughed or losing their jobs entirely amidst a health crisis like we have never seen before, we
Noise cancelling headphones (via Sarvarkhuja Murodov on Unsplash) For the longest time, scientists have been trying to find ways to use blood to better understand how cancer progresses inside the body. As a tumour grows inside the body, it releases DNA into the bloodstream. And over the last decade, this circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) has
Taking breaks and days off when you’re already working from home might seem strange, even confusing. With that in mind, you still need it, and here’s why. Here’s Why You Still Need Breaks While Working From Home When the pandemic hit, the majority of America’s workforce needed to adjust to a new work setup: telecommuting
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As a Lyme patient,Jennifer Crystal has a lifetime of experience dealing with severe illness. So when the 42-year-old writer and patient advocate came down with what appeared to be a mild case of food poisoning in early March, she cancelled her
This video is one in a series that explains the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. For more information, visit www.understandingsleep.org Like Harvard Medical School on Facebook: https://goo.gl/4dwXyZ Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/GbrmQM Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/s1w4up Follow on LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/04vRgY Website: https://hms.harvard.edu
Genomic sequencing is a process for analyzing a sample of DNA taken from your blood. In the lab, technicians extract DNA and prepare it for sequencing. To learn more, visit http://mayocl.in/2lj8hmL
Atomic Habits by James Clear is my favorite book on the science and application of habits. In this video, we’ll go over how to build good habits and end bad ones. BUY THE BOOK: http://geni.us/atomichabitsthebook Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/vOQd9Uwpu5E “You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your
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TrialNet is a research effort that seeks to identify preventative and treatment strategies for type 1 diabetes. New data was just released at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 80th Scientific Sessions. Here are the major highlights: 1. The optimal age for screening children at risk for type 1 diabetes It is possible to screen at-risk
Find joy in the little things. Listen to the podcast bringing families together, explore the beauty in your local area, and discover the app that helps you express yourself through music 1. Page-turners How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right?: Essays on Modern Life Modern life is full of choices. But how do we
Supermarkets have put a limit on how much meat can be bought during every shopping visit, which is forcing people to opt for plant-based diets. Considering that the unemployment rate is on the rise, meat is also turning out to be an expensive commodity. For this reason, several people have turned vegetarian and are sticking
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. While the world waits for a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19, scientists are opening up a new line of attack. They are testing antiviral antibodies that aim to block the virus from infecting our cells. Some experts think an antibody therapy will
[The stream is slated to start at 4:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player below at that time.] As pharmaceutical and biotech companies race to develop Covid-19 vaccines, how do we make sure that we don’t sacrifice safety for speed? Meg Tirrell talks to vaccine expert Dr. Paul
Print this page INDIANAPOLIS, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo–controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of baricitinib, an oral JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor licensed from Incyte, in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. Baricitinib, marketed as
FDA Approves Lyumjev (insulin lispro-aabc injection) for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Print this page INDIANAPOLIS, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lyumjev (insulin lispro-aabc injection, 100 units/mL and 200 units/mL), Eli Lilly and Company’s (NYSE: LLY) new rapid-acting insulin indicated to improve glycemic control in
A neuroscientist’s neon pink arm cast led him and fellow researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to discover previously undetected neuronal pulses in the human brain that activate after an immobilizing illness or injury. The pulses appeared on MRI scans used to measure brain activity of the neuroscientist and, later, two
The development of a subtype of inflammatory myopathy characterized by interstitial lung disease and positivity for a specific autoantibody was influenced by seasonality and place of residence, Japanese researchers found. Among patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and the associated interstitial lung disease, symptom onset occurred most often from October to March for those with
Roughly half of patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma are cured with autologous stem cell transplant (auto-transplant), but the prognosis for those who then relapse remains poor. Still, median survival over the past several decades has more than doubled among this group, increasing from 10.5 months for those transplanted in the years 1983-1990 to 26.1 months from
Florida, Texas and Arizona have all set records for daily new cases this week. They’re among 21 states across the country with increasing trends in new cases from one week to the next. Texas also reported a record-high number of daily Covid-19 hospitalizations on Monday, with 2,326. While some politicians have attributed higher case numbers
We know that it has been harder for people to exercise over these last several weeks. Christina Lombardi, DPT PT has put together easy exercises to get you moving at home! Each Wednesday for the next several weeks we will share these exercises with you. Each exercise includes descriptive information and a video to demonstrate
Everyone knows that when you’re planning a wedding, something will go wrong on or before the big day, no matter how hard you try to avoid it. But rarely is the unavoidable wedding-day disaster as catastrophic and life-changing as cancer. Holly Hollis and her fiancé, Mark Stars, certainly weren’t expecting anything quite this drastic. In
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