Jude Coleman Some 7.5 million children have lost one or both parents to COVID-19. Credit: Jaipal Singh/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Roughly 10.5 million children worldwide have a parent or carer who died from COVID-19, according to a modelling study1. The figure is a dramatic increase on earlier estimates. India, Indonesia and Egypt were the countries most affected; other regions...
Diana Kwon Physicians treat a person with COVID-19 at a hospital in Japan. Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Antibodies that turn against elements of our own immune defences are a key driver of severe illness and death following SARS-CoV-2 infection in some people, according to a large international study. These rogue antibodies, known as autoantibodies,...
Nature wades through the literature on the new coronavirus — and summarizes key papers as they appear. Tocilizumab is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis but has also shown promise in treating severe COVID-19.Credit: Alamy 14 January — Two anti-inflammatory drugs prevent COVID deaths Two drugs that dampen the body’s immune response can save the lives of...
