[World Report] Humanitarian access deal for Tigray
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Humanitarian groups will be allowed into Tigray, Ethiopia, where conflict has displaced thousands and strained health services. Sharmila Devi reports.
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[World Report] Bolivia's new health minister promises universal health care
Amy Booth | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Once implemented, the system will guarantee free health care to Bolivians, but critics say more funding is needed. Amy Booth reports.
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[Correspondence] Cardiovascular preventive strategies are not conflicting
Rod Jackson, Sue Wells, Anthony Rodgers | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
We agree with Michael Brainin and Karen Sliwa1 about the urgent need to improve the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease but would like to correct some other points they raise. Brainin and Sliwa suggest that we2 promoted high-risk approaches over population-based approaches; however, we stated that "Too often debate about prevention of cardiovascular disease is polarised between opposing evangelists for the high-risk and population-wide approaches. An agnostic approach based on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is preferable.
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How to Cure America's Vaccine Paranoia
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
The vaccine refusers among us will likely continue to benefit from living in a largely vaccinated community, mooching off of the herd immunity they refuse to contribute to…
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Predicting hyperprogressive disease in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with anti-programmed cell death 1 therapy
Lu Zhang, Lingeng Wu, Qiuying Chen, Bin Zhang, Jing Liu, Shuyi Liu, Xiaokai Mo, Minmin Li, Zhuozhi Chen, Luyan Chen, Jingjing You, Zhe Jin, Xudong Chen, Zejian Zhou, Shuixing Zhang | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
We identified three clinical variables as risk factors for HPD, providing an opportunity to aid the pre-treatment evaluation of the risk of HPD in patients treated with immunotherapy.
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[Articles] Genome-edited, donor-derived allogeneic anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells in paediatric and adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: results of two phase 1 studies
Reuben Benjamin, Charlotte Graham, Deborah Yallop, Agnieszka Jozwik, Oana C Mirci-Danicar, Giovanna Lucchini, Danielle Pinner, Nitin Jain, Hagop Kantarjian, Nicolas Boissel, Marcela V Maus, Matthew J Frigault, André Baruchel, Mohamad Mohty, Athos Gianella-Borradori, Florence Binlich, Svetlana Balandraud, Fabien Vitry, Elisabeth Thomas, Anne Philippe, Sylvain Fouliard, Sandra Dupouy, Ibtissam Marchiq, Maria Almena-Carrasco, Nicolas Ferry, Sylvain Arnould, Cyril Konto, Paul Veys, Waseem Qasim, UCART19 Group | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
These two studies show, for the first time, the feasibility of using allogeneic, genome-edited CAR T cells to treat patients with aggressive leukaemia. UCART19 exhibited in-vivo expansion and antileukaemic activity with a manageable safety profile in heavily pretreated paediatric and adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The results this study are an encouraging step forward for the field of allogeneic CAR T cells, and UCART19 offers the opportunity to treat patients with rapidly progressive disease and where autologous CAR-T-cell therapy is unavailable.
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World must invest in strong health systems that protect everyone — now and into the future
news.un.org | 2020-12-12
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed just how important it is for all countries to have strong health systems that provide the entire population with quality services when and where they need them, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed.
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How could a no-deal Brexit affect UK healthcare?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Preparations are already being made, with the stockpiling of medicines and provision of alternative freight routes aimed at ensuring as little disruption as possible to healthcare in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Here is a look at some of the main issues: — Medical supplies and equipmentMedical suppliers have been encouraged to try and stockpile six weeks' worth of stock, with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) describing such actions as a "key part of contingency plans".In a letter to medicines and medical product suppliers, the department advised that having extra stocks "provides a further buf…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/how-could-a-no-deal-brexit-affect-uk-healthcare/

Iran to conduct human test of domestic COVID-19 vaccine
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO) said that Iran will conduct the human test of domestic COVID-19 vaccine for the first time in two weeks.
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"There is no vaccine to save the planet"
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
In the Arctic, 2020 has seen exceptional warmth, with temperatures more than 3 degrees Celsius above average – and more than 5 degrees in northern Siberia. Arctic sea ice in October was the lowest on record – and now re-freezing has been the slowest on record. Greenland ice has continued its long-term decline, losing an average of 278 gigatons a year.
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[Obituary] Valerie Curtis
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Engineer turned hygiene scientist and public health advocate. She was born in Seascale, UK, on Sept 20, 1958, and died of vaginal cancer in Haywards Heath, UK, on Oct 19, 2020, aged 62 years.
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Wednesday 12/16: NAACP Town Hall: Slowing Pandemic Spread, #COVID19 Vaccine, & Health of Black Community
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Online town hall…
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CBO Shows Medicare For All Could Cover Everyone For Less Per Year
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