Lisa Jarvis

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Nobel for mRNA vaccine shows power of perseverance

Success of Covid-19 shots are built on decades of work by Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman

Japan Prize 2022 Laureates Hungarian-American biochemist Katalin Kariko (L) and American physician-scientist Drew Weissman pose with their trophy during the Japan Prize presentation ceremony in Tokyo on April 13, 2022. Katalin Kariko (Hungary) and Drew Weissman (US) have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for mRNA vaccine research, the Nobel committee announced on October 2, 2023 in Stockholm.

New postpartum depression pill is a vital breakthrough

Until now, medications for new moms experiencing mood disorder have been underwhelming

Anyone who has given birth knows that the period after having a baby is one of enormous change

AI improves cancer detection. Will it save lives?

It will help flag risky mammograms but it will take more to confirm that patients benefit

AI can reduce the workload for radiologists. Researchers estimate that AI technology reduced screen reading time by about 44 per cent when a computer was used to analyse mammograms.

Blockbuster Alzheimer’s drug a scientific breakthrough

How much will the drug meaningfully change day to day lives of patients remains to be seen

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World needs to focus on treatments for long Covid

Slow-footed response to long Covid is attributed to the nebulous nature of the problem

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