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• Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility

  By thespecimennews on September 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its complications.

• Scientists closing on alien life beyond earth

  By thespecimennews on September 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth.

• Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) challenges WTO to hear Africa’s voice

  By thespecimennews on September 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Communiqué sets out a road map for WTO reform; Communiqué calls for development to be at the centre of WTO reform; Agriculture subsidies and non-tariff barriers highlighted as a specific hindrance to development.

• How to hold elections safely and uphold democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic

  By thespecimennews on September 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Free and fair elections face a new kind of threat. In addition to scheming leaders and compromised electoral commissions, there is now the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

• NIH ACTIV initiative launches adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19

  By thespecimennews on September 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The National Institutes of Health has launched two of three adaptive Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the safety and effectiveness of varying types of blood thinners to treat adults diagnosed with COVID-19.

• African Development Bank approves $27.33 million to ramp up the African Union’s COVID-19 Response Initiative

  By thespecimennews on September 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s (AU) efforts to mobilize a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Probiotic skin therapy improves eczema in children, NIH study suggests

  By thespecimennews on September 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  An experimental treatment for eczema that aims to modify the skin microbiome safely reduced disease severity and increased quality of life for children as young as 3 years of age, a National Institutes of Health study has found. These improvements persisted for up to eight months after treatment stopped, researchers report Sept. 9 in Science Translational Medicine.

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