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Julie Steenhuysen

ARTICLES BY JULIE STEENHUYSEN

A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in the Huangpu district of Shanghai. (AFP)

Long Covid-19 link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis

7 min read . 08 Sept 2022

A Monkeypox vaccine clinic in Washington, DC (AFP)

EXPLAINER-Monkeypox in the US: Where could it spread next?

3 min read . 07 Aug 2022

Covid booster dose (REUTERS)

I'm eligible for a second Covid booster. Should I get one?

3 min read . 11 Apr 2022

Medicines are being put into individual packages at a farmacy. (AFP)

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

2 min read . 16 Feb 2022

Trevor Bedford, a computational virologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center said on Friday that BA.2 represents roughly 82% of cases in Denmark, 9% in the UK and 8% in the US

Rising cases caused by omicron cousin Ba2 worries scientists

2 min read . 30 Jan 2022

Even after COVID becomes a more endemic disease, new variants will spawn outbreaks and seasonal surges for years to come. (REUTERS)

Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022

3 min read . 18 Dec 2021

The Delta variant first detected in India remains the most worrisome

Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants

3 min read . 09 Aug 2021

Vaccine protection remains very strong against severe infections and hospitalizations caused by any version of the coronavirus

Delta covid variant is biggest risk to the world at the moment: Top expert

4 min read . 26 Jul 2021

The US approved Aduhelm, the first new medication for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years

₹40 lakh per year: US approves first new drug for Alzheimer's in 20 years

4 min read . 08 Jun 2021

AstraZeneca Plc is one of the leading vaccine developers, (REUTERS)

AstraZeneca vaccine trial will clear confusion on how well it works: Scientist

2 min read . 08 Dec 2020

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, senior Clinical Research Nurse Ajithkumar Sukumaran prepares the COVID 19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer, at a clinic in London. The British government on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 says it may take part in a study that tries to deliberately infect volunteers who have been given an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus in an effort to more quickly determine if the vaccine works. The approach, called a challenge study, is risky but proponents think it may produce results faster than typical studies, which wait to see if volunteers who have been given an experimental treatment or a dummy version get sick. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) (AP)

When and how will covid-19 vaccines become available?

4 min read . 25 Nov 2020

Pfizer said their vaccine was more than 90% effective at preventing Covid-19, based on data from the first 94 people in the trial to become infected with the coronavirus (Photo: Reuters)

Pfizer's covid vaccine results impress. But why some scientists are cautious?

3 min read . 10 Nov 2020

FILE - In this May 4, 2020 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting to discuss the process of approving COVID-19 vaccines. (University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File) (AP)

Many pharma companies take more traditional route to develop covid vaccines

3 min read . 29 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Ebola drug Remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Ulrich Perrey/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo (REUTERS)

Remdesivir shaved five days off covid-19 recovery time

1 min read . 09 Oct 2020

Fauci said initial trial results are likely to become available in November or December, but late October remains a possibility. (REUTERS)

How pharma companies can still deliver an October coronavaccine surprise

4 min read . 11 Sept 2020

A woman reacts as a health officer collects a swab sample to test for COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi

Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China

3 min read . 31 Aug 2020

The modified adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) viruses used in these vaccines were first created by Canadian researcher Dr. Frank Graham at a Dutch lab in the 1970s

How common cold viruses are being used in covid vaccines from Russia, China

2 min read . 31 Aug 2020

The FDA has issued EUAs for many COVID-19 tests and for a few treatments (AP)

Could US regulators authorize a covid-19 vaccine before the election?

3 min read . 26 Aug 2020

Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (REUTERS)

Rushing out a covid vaccine could jeopardize testing of others: Anthony Fauci

2 min read . 25 Aug 2020

Large US COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now (AP)

Large US COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now

4 min read . 31 Jul 2020