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Anchor lead: The vaccine candidates for COVID-19 offer hope, and may be here sooner than we think, Elizabeth Tracey reports Vaccines based on proteins and nucleic acids are some of the candidates for a vaccine against COVID-19, and almost all …
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Anchor lead: If you’ve had COVID-19 once, can you get it again? Elizabeth Tracey reports Even as most of the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts are concerned about whether those who’ve been infected once can contract the …
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Anchor lead: Are people who have advanced cancer at high risk for opioid overdose? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with advanced cancers are often on opioid medications. A new study examines whether they are at higher risk for overdose death as …
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Anchor lead: Shorter courses of radiation for cancer therapy will work for most, Elizabeth Tracey reports Radiation therapy for cancer used to be given over weeks, but modifications to the technique have allowed the time course to be compressed for …
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Anchor lead: Should you resume routine cancer screening tests? Elizabeth Tracey reports Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, routine screening tests for cancer have fallen dramatically, a study by medical records vender EPIC shows. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …
