By Eric Levenson Updated 7:23 AM ET, Fri January 8, 2021 (CNN)On December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN affiliate KGTV reported. Stories like this will become more common as millions of Americans are administered the Pfizer-BioNTech...
Tag: <span>COVID-19</span>
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How to treat the symptoms of COVID-19 at home
A person can treat a mild case of COVID-19 at home. Although home treatment will not cure COVID-19, it can help relieve the symptoms a person is experiencing. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates...
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Brain damage of patients with Covid-19
by National Institutes of Health In an in-depth study, NIH researchers consistently found blood vessel damage in the brains of COVID-19 patients but no signs of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Here is a high-resolution scan of a patient’s brain stem. Arrows point to light and dark spots that are indicative of blood vessel damage observed in the study....
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UC researcher urges caution using remdesivir to treat COVID-19
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: Bingfang Yan is a professor at the University of Cincinnati’s James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. Yan’s UC laboratory studies how drugs are metabolized in the body to see if certain people should or should not use the drug or use it at a different dose. He has, for decades, been...
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Super Gonorrhea’ is Apparently Spreading Madly Thanks to COVID-19
Well, this is a first. Looks like the clap has decided to clap back. LOL. See what I did there? Okay, okay, bad joke I’ll stop. But, this is pretty funny if you ask me. 2020 and this coronavirus pandemic just keeps throwing rocks our way. Apparently, a new strain of Gonorrhea is infecting patients...
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AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant
by Sylvia Hui A view of an empty Regent Street, during what would normally be the Boxing Day sales. Boxing Day spending is expected to fall by more than a quarter compared with a year ago, after extensive new COVID-19 restrictions forced non-essential retailers to close, in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via...
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COVID-19 Affects the Brain by Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier, Evidence Strongly Suggests
In a new study led by the University of Washington School of Medicine, researchers demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 – the pathogen behind COVID-19 disease – can enter the brain of mice, just like many other viruses before it. People who develop COVID-19 often experience intense bodily inflammation called a cytokine storm, which results from the immune system’s overreaction...
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Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COVID-19
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM IMAGE: NATHANIEL ERDMANN CREDIT: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – COVID-19, which has killed 1.7 million people worldwide, does not follow a uniform path. Many infected patients remain asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Others, especially those with comorbidities, can develop severe clinical disease with atypical pneumonia and multiple system organ failure. Since...
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Brigham physicians urge ill patients to pause SGLT2i use, especially if they suspect infection with COVID-19
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL Diabetes is a known risk factor for morbidity and mortality related to COVID-19. In diabetes patients, rare but severe complications, like the potentially lethal condition diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), can arise when illness or certain conditions prevent cells from receiving enough glucose to fuel their functioning. An uptick in a particular type...
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Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
by Marilynn Marchione This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. According to two new studies released on Tuesday, Dec....