by Canadian Medical Association Journal Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (colored yellow) within the endosomes of a heavily infected nasal olfactory epithelial cell. Credit: NIAID A booster (third) dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was associated with a 90% reduction in death in people with multiple health conditions compared to 2 doses, according to a new...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Since March 2020, COVID-19-related deaths claimed over a million lives in the U.S. alone. In the pandemic’s early phases, most deaths were among older adults, but in 2021, deaths in younger persons increased while deaths in older persons decreased. A new study by two investigators from...
by Jake Ellison, University of Washington This illustration represents the core theory in a new modeling study led by the University of Washington: The circles represent the immune system’s aging, in which its ability to make new immunity cells remains constant until a person (represented by the human figures) reaches middle-age or older and then...
by Tracy Hampton, Harvard University Projected COVID-19 Incident Deaths Model-based projections of COVID-19 deaths in 2022 following the lifting of nonpharmacologic interventions in California, Montana, Florida, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and Ohio, assuming an effective reproduction number of 5.0 (A) and 3.0 (B). Credit: JAMA Health Forum (2022). DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0760 As COVID numbers fall and mandates lift, the question...
SOCIETY FOR ENDOCRINOLOGY Use of the steroid, dexamethasone, has been confirmed as a reliable and effective treatment for COVID-19, even in patients with diabetes, according to research to be presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Edinburgh. By the second wave of the pandemic, dexamethasone was routinely being used to treat hospitalised patients...
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO The anti-coagulant heparin reduces the likelihood of death from COVID-19 by 78% when administered in therapeutic doses to patients with signs of respiratory failure on admission to hospital, according to a study reported on October 14 in the British Medical Journal. The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends...
by Marlowe Hood There is growing evidence that face masks can considerably reduce the transmission of respiratory viruses like SARS-CoV-2, thereby limiting the spread of COVID-19 Even if state-level governments in the United States reimpose limited social distancing measures to halt the spread of COVID-19, the death toll could more than double by the end...
