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    Jun 25
    Many IVF add-on therapies are marketed with the promise of improving treatment success. But what does the evidence show? Find out more in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health ⤵️ Paper 1: spkl.io/60177Exux Paper 2: spkl.io/60187ExuI
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    Feb 2, 2021
    NEW—Interim analysis of Russian #COVID19 #vaccine phase 3 trial involving nearly 20,000 participants suggests a two-dose regimen has an efficacy of 91.6% against symptomatic #COVID19. No serious adverse events were deemed to be associated with vaccination. hubs.li/H0FQWFS0
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    Table 2: Interim results on vaccine efficacy
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    Jul 20, 2020
    NEW—UK’s #COVID19 vaccine is safe and induces an immune reaction, according to preliminary results hubs.ly/H0sK2Km0
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    May 12, 2022
    On the cover, our Editorial: Why Roe v. Wade must be defended hubs.li/Q01b9FLr0
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    Jun 4, 2020
    Today, three of the authors have retracted "Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis" Read the Retraction notice and statement from The Lancet hubs.ly/H0r7gh50
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    The Lancet
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    May 22, 2020
    NEW Research—No evidence of benefit for #chloroquine and #hydroxychloroquine in #COVID19 patients, urgent randomised trials are needed: finding from a large observational study of nearly 15,000 patients with #COVID19 & 81,000 controls hubs.ly/H0qMlXr0 Thread (1/4)
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    May 19, 2020
    Statement from The Lancet in response to President Donald Trump’s May 18 letter to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization
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    The Lancet
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    Jul 7, 2021
    NEW—Almost all #COVID19 restrictions are set to end in England on July 19. A group of scientists and health experts outline 5 key concerns and urge delaying complete re-opening until everyone—including the young—is better protected. Read hubs.li/H0RPYj90. @dgurdasani1
    Quote: We believe the government is embarking on a dangerous and unethical experiment, and we call on it to pause plans to abandon mitigations on July 19, 2021.
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    Oct 14, 2020
    NEW Correspondence—80+ researchers warn that a so-called #herdimmunity approach to managing #COVID19 is “a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence” #WCPH2020 hubs.li/H0xZVrs0
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    The Lancet
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    Jun 1, 2020
    NEW—Most comprehensive study to date provides evidence on optimal physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent spread of #COVID19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 172 observational studies hubs.ly/H0q_BJL0
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    May 22, 2020
    NEW Research—First human trial of #COVID19 vaccine finds it is safe and induces rapid immune response: finding from a dose-escalation, single-centre, open-label, non-randomised, phase 1 trial hubs.ly/H0qMrl-0 Thread (1/3)
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    The Lancet
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    Nov 3, 2021
    NEW—Cervical cancer rates 87% lower in women offered vaccination against human papillomavirus (#HPV) between ages 12-13 than in previous generations, English study confirms. First direct evidence of cervical cancer prevention using bivalent vaccine: hubs.li/H0-BBKj0
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    The Lancet
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    Jan 29, 2020
    Just published: Two new studies on the novel coronavirus. All Lancet #coronavirus content is fully and freely available at our 2019-nCoV Resource Centre thelancet.com/coronavirus
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    Apr 6, 2021
    NEW—One in three #COVID19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records published in @TheLancetPsych estimates. Read hubs.li/H0KD0fx0