HAVANA, Cuba, January 2, 2021 - Granma - Specialists from Cuba’s Neurosciences Center (Cneuro) and the Cuban Society of Medical Imaging, have undertaken a scientific project directed toward perfecting the use of chest x-rays and Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) in diagnosis, prognosis and follow-up of COVID-19 patients, with the use of artificial intelligence tools.
HAVANA, Cuba, January 2, 2022 - Granma - Cuban authorities say the Abdala vaccine is producing a high immune response among adolescents. A high number of IGG anti-RBD antibody titers, equivalent to four or more times that seen before immunization, was observed following the administration of the Abdala vaccine in Cuban children and adolescents, during the Ismaelillo pediatric clinical study.
Washington, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) A global team of scientists have discovered antibodies that can kill the variant responsible for driving a global surge - the Omicron.
London, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) A team of scientists have confirmed that lacking vitamin A causes severe damage to eyesight and can also even lead to blindness, Daily Express reported Thursday.
Kingstown, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban-made Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 is available to the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the first country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to authorize the use of that immunizer, it was reported on Tuesday.
MONTEGO BAY, December 3, 2021 - While Jamaica was forced to dump without penalty, 240-thousand doses of vaccines received from the COVAX facility in October and November that were about to expire, St. Vincent and the Grenadines chose to give some of its “at risk of expiring” vaccines to Trinidad and Tobago and were penalized for it.
A good night’s sleep is important for many reasons. It helps our body repair itself and function as it should, and is linked to better mental health and lower risk of many health conditions – including heart disease and diabetes. It’s also been shown that not getting enough sleep is linked to cognitive decline and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
HAVANA, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) - Cuban scientists are already working on the development of specific vaccines to fight Omicron variant, a mutation detected in South Africa and possibly more transmissible than Delta, an official source confirmed Tuesday, Eduardo Martínez Díaz, President of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group (BioCubaFarma), tweeted.
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool to understand better how the virus spread. In late 2020, the network detected a new virus lineage, 501Y.V2, which later became known as the beta variant.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown.
