In a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers compared the use of ivermectin vs standard care in reducing the risk of severe disease in patients with COVID-19. The study was an open-label randomized clinical trial that included a total of 490 patients from 20 government hospitals and COVID-19 quarantine center in […]
Initially, researchers considered COVID-19 as a respiratory condition, but as the pandemic continues and more studies are performed they have been slowly building a clearer picture of the true impacts of the disease. Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection has been defined as signs and symptoms that persist beyond 30 days after infection. New data suggest […]
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread around the globe since being declared a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020, causing significant morbidity and mortality. SARS-CoV-2 infection rate has been reported to be higher in countries with low vitamin D and patients with low vitamin D. This vitamin is present in various types […]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious epidemic disease that has seriously affected human health worldwide. To date, however, there is still no definitive drug for the treatment of COVID-19. Based on the results of several models and stage-clinical trials ARDS and sepsis, cell-based therapy, especially stem cells therapy has emerged as an alternative […]
Patients suffering from severe COVID-19 exhibit multisystem organ failure involving not only pulmonary but also cardiovascular, neural, and other systems. The complexity of the organ system failures both complicate the care of COVID-19 patients and contribute, to a great extent, to the morbidity and mortality of the pandemic. A study from researchers at Columbia University […]
A new study led by researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong provides the first information on how the novel variant of concern of SARS-CoV-2, the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infect the human respiratory tract. The researchers found that Omicron infects and multiplies 70 times faster than the Delta variant and […]
There are different viral tests that look for current infection. They check specimens from your nose or your mouth to find out if you are currently infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2. These tests can be performed in a laboratory, at a testing site, at home, or anywhere else. Who should get tested? […]
The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 can range from mild, cold-like symptoms typically associated with respiratory tract infections, such as cough and fever, to severe pneumonia with respiratory failure. One of the common characteristics that sometimes differentiates COVID-19 from other respiratory diseases is the alteration of smell and/or taste. It mainly consists of a decrease or […]
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a devastating global health crisis. Though vaccines are the centerpiece for controlling the pandemic, the benefits of vaccines depend upon complex population vaccination strategies that remain vulnerable to manufacturing or deployment delays. The rapid evolution of the virus into […]
A new COVID-19 vaccine developed by a team of researchers from Texas will start distribution to India. The Indian government granted an emergency use authorization to the vaccine manufactured by Hyderabad-based company Biological E. The company has ambitious plans to produce more than 1 billion doses of the vaccine in 2022 and they won’t personally […]