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Updated: January 13, 2021 12:03 IST A failure to investigate the conduct of the recent Covaxin phase-3 trial can affect the course of other studies under way Share Article AAA A failure to investigate the conduct of the recent Covaxin phase-3 trial can affect the course of other studies under way More than a decade since the human clinical trial of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine — it was controversial and carried out without proper consent on nearly 23,500 girls in the 10-14 age group in Vadodara, Gujarat and Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh — and eight years after the Suprem...

UMB News Support UMB's Increasing Efforts to Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic During this important period, please consider supporting UMB's critical vaccine research and development, advancing its work in human virology, and donating to critical emergency funds especially designed for specific students in need.  We truly appreciate your gifts in this time of great need.  January 2, 2021 MPH, FIDSA , the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH, Professor in Vaccinology and director of the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) The Sun editors also named front-line health car...

Winkler Winkler brings 16 years of REALTOR® Association experience with her from both the Washington Association of REALTORS® and the Tacoma-Pierce County Association of REALTORS®. She spent the past four years as CEO at TPCAR, the second largest association in Washington state. Winkler has served multiple terms on the National Association of REALTORS® Professional Standards Committee, currently serves as a member of the REALTOR® Association Executives Editorial Advisory Board and is also a licensed real estate instructor. Holding several professional and REALTOR® certificat...

NAIROBI "Cutting girls is something our people have done for hundreds of years," Nashiru, the senior FGM 'surgeon' in the Maasai community of Ol Donyo Nyokie, told IRIN. "No one can convince us that it is wrong." Like all six FGM practitioners who carry out hundreds of procedures every year in and around the community, Nashiru sincerely believes in the virtues of FGM. The women believe that an uncut woman has sexual feelings for every man she comes across, and is likely to stray from her marriage. In fact, they see FGM as a tool to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in their community. "When you cut...

Biochar Traps Water and Fixes Carbon in Soil, Helping the Climate. But It’s Expensive As droughts become longer, the soil additive could save on irrigation water and, if mass produced, might compete with energy sources such as oil and gas. December 11, 2020 A farm worker applies biochar in the field during a demonstration at a farm near Windhoek, capital of Namibia, on Oct. 8, 2020. Credit: Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua via Getty Images Related Share this article Biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from burning organic materials in a low or zero-oxygen environment, can improve the quality of so...