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PM calls claims he has ‘blood on his hands’ over India ban ‘absurd’; Cricketer Michael Slater slams India decision; Victorian vaccine hubs inundated; Bill and Melinda Gates announce split
Mr Morrison said his priority was keeping Australia safe from a third outbreak. He said while the biosecurity act was still in effect, the threat of Australians being fined or jailed would remain in place. “I think the likelihood of anything like that occurring is pretty much zero,” Mr Morrison said. “This is a measure …
Victorian man connected to Perth hotel outbreak contracts COVID-19; Dutton warns China after trade deal scrapped; Sydney workers unknowingly boarded virus-stricken ship; Brisbane police officer returns to work after blood clot following Pfizer vaccine
British lawmakers have unanimously declared China’s ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a genocide, joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing’s actions against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region in the strongest possible terms. China has been accused of detaining up to two million people in a system of camps …
Apple working on cuffless blood pressure monitoring technology
Apple is working on technology that could detect a user’s blood pressure by using neutral networks and seismocardiogram data, negating the need for a blood pressure cuff. According to a patent application published Thursday, a wearable device, potentially paired with Apple Watch, might one day be capable of monitoring a user’s blood pressure without the …
Cape Cod Healthcare Introduces New Blood Drive Technology
HYANNIS – Cape Cod Healthcare has introduced new technology for their blood donation programs. Instead of receiving a finger prick to check hemoglobin levels, donors will be tested by the new OrSense device. The ring-shaped tool is non-invasive and will be able to detect if donors can safely donate blood. Officials with Cape Cod Healthcare …
Doctors home in on cause of blood clots linked with Covid-19 vaccines
Even though the link is not firm yet, they’re calling the condition vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT. It’s characterized by unusual blood clotting combined with a low number of blood-clotting cells called platelets. Patients suffer from dangerous clots and, sometimes, hemorrhaging at the same time. It’s been linked most firmly with the AstraZeneca coronavirus …
Live Updates: U.S. recommends "pause" for Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to review blood clot cases – CBS News
Live Updates: U.S. recommends “pause” for Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to review blood clot cases CBS News U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Blood Clotting Cases The New York Times FDA Pause of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is a Costly Mistake Bloomberg Pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was the right choice The Washington …
New Zealand Prime Minister says nations must treat each other like ‘another state’; Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just five states; EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link; Eu denies it blocked vaccines to Australia
By Mark Saunokonoko 22:55 Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is refusing to go quietly after being dumped from a NSW climate change board, accusing the state government of being swayed by global warming deniers and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Speaking on Today, Mr Turnbull claimed the Berejiklian government “couldn’t take the heat” from “thugs and …
Donating blood is safe after vaccine health experts say
The American Red Cross of SC is encouraging everyone to give blood including those who have had the vaccine. COLUMBIA, S.C. — If you get the COVID-19 vaccine, you don’t have to wait to give blood. This is a message being shared by The American Red Cross of South Carolina as the organization is experiencing …
New technology to obtain ‘protein fingerprints’ in just a few minutes
Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have developed a mass spectrometry-based technique capable of measuring samples containing thousands of proteins within just a few minutes. It is faster and cheaper than a conventional blood count. To demonstrate the technique’s potential, the researchers used blood plasma collected from COVID-19 patients. Using …