The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted fast track designation to UB-311, a vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease made by biotechnology company Vaxxinity.1 The shot is an anti-amyloid beta immunotherapeutic vaccine that reportedly treats Alzheimer’s disease by targeting aggregated amyloid beta in the brain.2 Aside from the potential problems that can arise when a vaccine is… Read More »
Revealed: Just 50% of care home staff have been vaccinated in London borough where nursing home is at centre of South African Covid variant outbreak Ten residents and 13 staff infected with the South Africa variant at a single care home in Lambeth, London Outbreak is thought to have been triggered by someone who travelled… Read More »
When Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy dropped on Netflix this summer, fans of the violent, convoluted, oftentimes-hilarious sci-fi series had a ton of questions. Where did Lila go after that showdown in the barn? Does Harlan still have a trace of Vanya’s powers? Will Luther and Alison ever figure out their incredibly complicated, ever-so-slightly-creepy… Read More »
The mantra from ministers is “we follow the science”. But the increasing failure to serve all people of the nation equally suggests there should be another and equally important mantra – “we follow the ethics”. I’m increasingly disturbed by the unfairness in the way the Government is tackling the pandemic. Its lack of transparency about… Read More »