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• Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Upper and Lower Airways in Nonhuman Primates

  By thespecimennews on July 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the upper and lower airways of rhesus macaques exposed to SARS-CoV-2, report scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

• Sierra Leone President Reminds ECOWAS of the Need for Peace in Mali

  By thespecimennews on July 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has reminded the ECOWAS Commission via a video conference on Monday that there is an urgent need for a peaceful settlement to the political crisis in Mali, while extending his deepest gratitude for its mediation missions.

• Moderna Virus Vaccine Put To Final Test In Thousands Of Volunteers

  By thespecimennews on July 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.

• A Walk Through the Rainbow with PACE

  By thespecimennews on July 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Why are there so many songs about rainbows? For NASA’s upcoming Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, or PACE, the colors of the rainbow — or, if you prefer, the visible wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum — are the key to unlocking a wealth of new data on skies and seas around the world.

• Kidney transplantation between people with HIV is safe, NIH study finds

  By thespecimennews on July 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Kidney transplantation from deceased donors with HIV to people living with both HIV and end-stage kidney disease is feasible and safe, investigators supported by the National Institutes of Health have found.

• NIH leadership details unprecedented initiative to ramp up testing technologies for COVID-19

  By thespecimennews on July 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine(link is external), scientific leaders from the National Institutes of Health set forth a framework to increase significantly the number, quality and type of daily tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and help reduce inequities for underserved populations that have been disproportionally affected by the disease.

• Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO

  By thespecimennews on July 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will replace Brazilian Roberto de Azevedo, who has served since 2013 and plans to step down at the end of August, a year before the conclusion of his term.

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