AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine can be 90% effective
AstraZeneca said on Monday its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90% effective without any serious side effects, the latest drugmaker to unveil...
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Swiss doctors urge Covid vulnerable to declare end-of-life wishes in advance
Swiss doctors have urged those vulnerable to COVID-19 complications to record their wishes for end-of-life care in advance to help ease pressure on intensive care...
‘Safe’ for at least 6 months after Covid-19 infection
People who’ve had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in elderly, trial results by Christmas
CORONAstraZeneca and Oxford University’s potential COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in older adults, data published on Thursday showed, with researchers expecting to release...
Hadassah medical organisation to open private hospital in Nicosia (updated)
One of the leading medical organisations in the world, Israeli-based Hadassah Medical Ltd, is in advanced talks with Cypriot company HC Management of Medical Centre...
Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak, sees lessons for Covid fight
Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country on Wednesday as health authorities looked to apply...
Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands...
Public buildings go purple to raise pancreatic cancer awareness
For the second consecutive year, Cyprus is organising purple light-ups to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer on the occasion of World Pancreatic Cancer Day marked...
Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing Covid-19
Moderna Inc said on Monday its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, becoming the...
Shot in the dark: Early COVID-19 vaccine efficacy explained
This week has seen a flurry of good news from Covid-19 vaccine developers, with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE trumpeting early data indicating their mRNA...
Nurses the focus of ministry in fight against diabetes
The health ministry will this year pay tribute to the important role that nurses and other health care workers carry out in assisting patients with...
EU seeks powers to stress test governments’ pandemic plans
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed an overhaul of the rules on public health which would give the EU the power to declare an health...
Protecting our health from desert dust storms
The Cypriot LIFE National Contact Point and the team of the LIFE Cyclamen Project organised a press event at the UCY Medical School. The purpose...
UK orders health service to be ready for vaccine by December
The British government has asked the National Health Service to be ready to deploy any COVID vaccine from the start of December and it will...
‘Great day for humanity’: Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effective
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen Pfizer Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, the drugmaker said on Monday, a...
Lufthansa to start rapid pre-flight coronavirus tests
Lufthansa is to start trialling rapid pre-flight coronavirus antigen tests in Germany next week, which passengers will need to pass in order to fly. Only...
Aspirin to be tested as potential COVID-19 drug in UK study
Aspirin, a drug commonly used as a blood thinner, will now be evaluated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in one of UK’s biggest trials...
Britain hopes to rollout Covid-19 vaccine by January latest
The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate this year, raising hopes that Britain could start to roll...
Covid-19 infections soar as governments seek ways to address spread
Britain’s “tiered” approach to reining in the coronavirus appears to be working, the foreign minister said on Friday, as EU neighbours France and Germany prepared...
Restrictions needed to battle COVID-19 in Europe, EU says
European Union Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Friday that EU countries should be ready to impose restrictions on people’s lives to battle the spread...
