The failure to protect tropical rainforests has cost trillions of dollars stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research. The pandemic has wreaked economic havoc and caused historic levels of unemployment in the United States and around the world. For decades, scientists and environmental activists have been trying to draw the world’s attention to...
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What Do We Know About Children and COVID-19?
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As COVID-19 burns through Texas, districts and health departments across the state are wrestling with how to provide childcare and schooling to the state’s 7 million-plus children. Jerri Barker, who runs a daycare in Waco, has watched warily as other facilities...
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If relaxed too soon, physical distancing measures might have been all for naught
by Stuart Wolpert, University of California, Los Angeles If physical distancing measures in the United States are relaxed while there is still no COVID-19 vaccine or treatment and while personal protective equipment remains in short supply, the number of resulting infections could be about the same as if distancing had never been implemented to begin...
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Lung ultrasound shows duration, severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Thickened pleural line more frequently observed in patients with longer time intervals after symptom onset; pulmonary consolidation more common in severe and critical cases AMERICAN ROENTGEN RAY SOCIETY A AND B, LUNG ULTRASOUND IMAGES OBTAINED WITH CONVEX (A) AND LINEAR (B) PROBES. MULTIPLE CONFLUENT B-LINES (ARROWS), PATCHY PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION (ASTERISK, B), AND THICKENED PLEURAL LINE...
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New study identifies 21 existing drugs that could treat COVID-19
by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Discovery Institute, gestures to experimental assays that test for compounds that may treat COVID-19. Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute A Nature study authored by a global team of scientists and led by Sumit Chanda, Ph.D., professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, has identified 21...
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L-type calcium channel blockers may contribute to heart failure, study finds
by Sara Lajeunesse, Pennsylvania State University L-type calcium channel blockers (LCCBs)—the most widely used drugs for treating hypertension—may harm the heart as much as help it, according to a new study. The research team, led by Penn State, found that in rats and human cells in vitro, LCCBs cause changes in blood vessels—known as vascular...
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In cell studies, seaweed extract outperforms remdesivir in blocking COVID-19 virus
by Mary L. Martialay, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute In a test of antiviral effectiveness against the virus that causes COVID-19, an extract from edible seaweeds substantially outperformed remdesivir, the current standard antiviral used to combat the disease. Heparin, a common blood thinner, and a heparin variant stripped of its anticoagulant properties, performed on par with remdesivir...
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COVID-19 NEW Remedy: 79% Virus Severity Reduced, Thanks to Protein Inhalation
How inhaling protein reduces COVID-19 death? A United Kingdom company called Synairgen recently discovered a new COVID-19 treatment that could reduce a COVID-19 patient’s chances of death up to 79%, BBC reported. More than 100 people in London done trial testing on the drug called SNG001. This drug is made out of a protein called...
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Neutralizing antibodies isolated from COVID-19 patients can quash SARS-CoV-2
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Antibodies are formed to fight off an infection by neutralizing disease-causing microorganisms. Scientists across the globe are racing to study how antibodies can help suppress the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A team of researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical...
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Researchers track down metabolic enzyme that protects against inflammation
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Scrape your knee, and you’ll see some red puffiness appear around the injury. This is inflammation, and it is driven by the immune system. Inflammation around a scrape is minor, but inflammation around joints—due to diseases like rheumatoid arthritis—can be incredibly painful. And inflammation in and around the blood...