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Couple sentenced for scheme to steal from US children’s hospital to profit in China

A Chinese-born husband and wife who became U.S. citizens have been sentenced in a conspiracy to steal sensitive medical research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio while being financially supported by the Chinese government, with the couple pursuing the goal of selling the stolen secrets for a profit in China. Yu Zhou, 51, and Li… Read More »

Kansas hospital trashes hundreds of coronavirus vaccine doses due to mistake

A Kansas hospital was forced to throw away nearly 600 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week due to a “process error,” health officials said Thursday.  Lawrence Memorial Hospital said it received 570 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on Wednesday. The doses are typically delivered while frozen — so they can be placed in… Read More »

London is put on lockdown watch-list after a spike in Covid-19 infections and hospital admissions 

MORE towns go into lockdown – so is London next? Capital is put on watch list as Wigan, Stockport, and Blackpool are banned from mixing from MIDNIGHT and experts warn R rate could now be as high as 1.5 with 6,874 new cases and 34 deaths SAGE upped estimate as to how quickly Covid-19 is… Read More »

Coronavirus: A third of hospital patients develop dangerous blood clots

Up to 30% of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus are developing dangerous blood clots, according to medical experts. They say the clots, also known as thrombosis, could be contributing to the number of people dying. Severe inflammation in the lungs – a natural response of the body to the virus – is behind… Read More »