by Children’s National Hospital With many questions remaining around how children spread COVID-19, Children’s National Hospital researchers set out to improve the understanding of how long it takes pediatric patients with the virus to clear it from their systems, and at what point they start to make antibodies that work against the coronavirus. The study, published Sept. 3...
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Rates of thyrotoxicosis are significantly higher among patients who are critically ill with COVID-19 than among patients who are critically ill but who do not not have COVID-19, suggesting an atypical form of thyroiditis related to the novel coronavirus infection, according...
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a nasal vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that effectively protects susceptible mice from developing symptoms after receiving a single dose. Given that infection often takes place via the nose, the vaccine was designed to be delivered intranasally. “We were happily surprised to...
by University of Melbourne Melbourne researchers have identified mechanisms leading to the functional deterioration of the immune system in response to severe viral infections, such as HIV or COVID-19. It is widely known that severe viral infections and cancer cause impairments to the immune system, including to T cells, a process called immune ‘exhaustion’. Overcoming...
by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences SARS-CoV-2 can infect human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids, as shown by researchers from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators from The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Their study was published in Cell Research on August 4....
Most adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are not at increased risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 due to medications used to dampen their altered immune system, the cause of their disease. Nor are most people with more common types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid, psoriatic and spondyloarthritis, at greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, a...
Posted Today The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Operation Warp Speed have chosen a University of Minnesota School of Public Health research team to begin a global clinical trial of synthetic versions of natural human antibodies — called neutralizing monoclonal antibodies — as a treatment for COVID-19. The collaborative study, named ACTIV-3, will investigate...
by University of South Carolina Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), when caused by a bacterial toxin known as Staphylococcal enterotoxin, can be completely prevented by treatment with Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. This exciting finding, recently published in the highly cited British Journal of Pharmacology, also suggests a possible treatment for...
by Ben Robinson, University of Manchester A simple new heart-monitoring technique has been developed to help people self-monitor their conditions at home without the need for hospital visits. University of Manchester researchers have developed a simple technique that allows people to monitor their own electrocardiogram (ECG) for a potentially life-threatening condition. Previously people needed to...
Maria Robinson, MDMaria Robinson, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist and medical writer who promotes education as the foundation for good health. With flu season just around the corner, many people are wondering if it’s possible to have COVID-19 and the flu at the same time. Since both viruses cause similar symptoms, it’s a good question...
