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• Ranibizumab Biosimilar Shows Equivalent Efficacy to Branded Drug for Neovascular AMD In a phase 3 study, the ranibizumab biosimilar SB11 demonstrated equivalent efficacy and similar safety and immunogenicity profiles compared with ranibizumab for patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Janssen's Two-Dose Ebola Vaccine Appears Safe, Immunogenic in HIV-Infected Patients Janssen's two-dose Ebola vaccine appears to be safe for HIV-infected patients and provokes an immune response, although one that initially is not as strong as in HIV-negative patients, according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• COVID-19 Linked to Tracheal Complications in Ventilated Patients COVID-19 patients receiving prolonged, invasive mechanical ventilation are much more likely than non-COVID patients on ventilators to develop tracheal complications, a new cohort study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Neurodegenerative-Disease Drug Might Help Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria An experimental drug being tested for neurodegenerative disease may help in the fight against life-threatening antibiotic-resistant in bacteria, report researchers from Australia.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Laparoscopic, Robotic Repair of Ventral Hernia Yield Similar Patient-Reported Outcomes Laparoscopic and robotic ventral hernia repair with intraperitoneal mesh have comparable patient-reported outcomes, but the robotic approach takes longer and remains more costly, according to results from the PROVE-IT randomized clinical trial.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Common Weight-Loss Surgery Weakens Bones in Obese Adolescents Obese children who undergo sleeve gastrectomy experience a reduction in bone mineral density and an increase in fat within bones of the lumbar spine, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• WHO Worried COVID 'Amnesia' Will Lead to Another Pandemic The World Health Organization's top emergency expert said on Monday that the world risked future pandemics if it suffered 'amnesia' and did not learn from the current coronavirus crisis.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca: Sources Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• WHO's Tedros Says 'Let's Not Politicize Probe of Virus Origins' The World Health Organization's director-general urged countries on Monday not to politicize the hunt for the origins of the novel coronavirus as that would create barriers to learning the truth.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Sweden's Nursing Home COVID Failures Haunt Relatives Left Behind In April, a nurse at a Stockholm home for the elderly told Helen Gluckman that her 83-year-old father would likely not live for long. He had been stricken by COVID-19 and the home recommended putting him on end-of-life care, she said.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Yemen Pushes Polio Immunization in Bid to Stem Outbreak Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the liquid into children's mouths hoping to stop an outbreak of the paralysing virus largely eradicated globally.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• French Health Body Says Nursing Homes Should Get COVID-19 Vaccine First France's top health advisory body said on Monday it had recommended COVID-19 vaccinations should target retirement homes residents and their staff first when doses reach the country.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Canada Blocks Bulk Exports of Some Prescription Drugs in Response to Trump Import Plan Canada on Saturday blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home, in response to outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to allow imports from Canada to lower some drug prices for Americans.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Pandemic Hospital Duty Tests Swiss Civil Defence Sent by the government to support the hard-pressed Swiss healthcare system, members of the civil defence corps are on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, helping out in emergency rooms and handling bodies.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• US Vaccine Plans Take Shape but No Let-Up on Restrictions US health authorities will hold an emergency meeting this week to recommend that a coronavirus vaccine awaiting approval be given first to healthcare professionals and people in long-term care facilities.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• UK Testing Error Wrongly Tells 1300 People They Have Coronavirus Over 1300 people in Britain were inaccurately informed they were infected with coronavirus after a laboratory error at the government's NHS Test and Trace system, the Department of Health and Social Care told Reuters on Saturday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Scott Atlas Resigns as Special Adviser to Trump on Coronavirus Dr. Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser to President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday, after a controversial four months during which he clashed repeatedly with other members of the coronavirus task force.
  Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2020
• Many Die From Snakebites Despite the Availability of Antivenom Snakebites may have claimed nearly 65,000 lives globally last year and are accountable for 3 million years of life lost, placing them at the top of the list of neglected tropical diseases, a new modeling study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 27, 2020
• River Blindness May Have Stopped Spreading in Most of the Americas The spread of river blindness, or onchocerciasis, may have been halted in nearly two-thirds of the 34,000 people who remain at risk in the Americas, new evidence suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 27, 2020
• HIV, TB Tests Fall in East Europe and Central Asia Due to COVID-19 Testing for HIV and tuberculosis has fallen in Eastern Europe and Central Asia during the coronavirus pandemic and could lead to higher mortality rates, a UN special envoy for AIDS said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 25, 2020