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Latests Medical News from around the world and also Thailand, bringing you updates, discoveries, studies and findings on various aspects and diseases in the medical world. Most of these articles are not only meant for Doctors In Thailand or Hospitals In Thailand but also for any patients or health conscious individuals wanting to know more.

Long-COVID News: Study Shows That Even 'Recovered’ Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Individuals Report Persistent Neurological Symptoms For Weeks.

Source: Long-COVID News Mar 27, 2021 4 years ago

Long-COVID News: A new study by researchers from Northwestern University, USA showed that non-hospitalized ‘recovered’ COVID-19 patients who had mild or even in some cases asymptomatic conditions when infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus initially, reportied manifestations of persistent neurological symptoms for weeks after so called recovery! Typically most SARS‐CoV‐2‐inf...

Study Finds That SARS-CoV-2 Infects Mouth Cells And Implicates Saliva As A Potential Route Of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission!

Source: SARS-CoV-2 And The Mouth Mar 25, 2021 4 years ago

A new study by researchers from multi-research intuitions led by the National Institutes of Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found alarming evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus also infects cells in the mouth. Although there were obvious signs of oral infection including taste loss, dry mouth and mucosal lesions such as ulcerations, enanthema and macules,...

Rare SARS-CoV-2 Double Mutant Variant Found In India Along With Many Other Variants! Countries Should Ban All Arrivals From India As A Safeguard.

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Double Mutant Variant Mar 24, 2021 4 years ago

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG), a grouping of 10 national laboratories that was established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has discovered a rare double mutant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus circulating around along with a variety of new variants including some that should be deemed immediately as being variants of concern or VOC. A statement i...

Long COVID-19 Health Complications Are Real And Are Becoming More Concerning As Cases Rise Exponentially. More Urgent Research Required!

Source: Long COVID Mar 23, 2021 4 years ago

A new study cum review by researchers from the University of Columbia and Harvard University shows that Long COVID health issues are fast rising and becoming an issue that could soon also start overburdening the healthcare systems across the world. The study was published in the peer reviewed journal: Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01283-z In the COVID-19 pandemic has s...

Italian Study Presented At Endocrine Society's 2021 Annual Meeting Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Causes A Unique Thyroid Inflammation In Some Patients.

Source: COVID-19-Thyroid Gland Mar 22, 2021 4 years ago

A new study presented in the last 24 hours at the Endocrine Society's 2021 Annual Meeting (ENDO 2021) by researchers from Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Policlinico Hospital of Milan and the University of Milan in Italy has indicated that certain patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease seem to experience inflammation of the thyroid gland that is different from thyroid inflammation c...

American Study Shows That Taking Low Dose Aspirin Decreases Risk Of Severity And Mortality When Infected With COVID-19

Source: Aspirin-COVID-19 Mar 21, 2021 4 years ago

A new study led by researchers from George Washington University and also included scientists from the University of Maryland, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Northeast Georgia Health System, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, University of California-San Francisco and the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine have found that low dose aspirin may reduce the need for mechanical venti...

University of Melbourne Study Shows That G485R Mutation On SARS-CoV-2 Variants Plays A Vital Role In Evading Neutralizing Antibodies

Source: G485R Mutation Mar 19, 2021 4 years ago

As new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variants are fast emerging and spreading globally, threatening to change the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientist are now turning to studying each and every one of these new mutations found on the various variants to better understand the effects of these mutations. Researchers from the University of Melbourne in a new study found that the G485R mu...

AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1 COVID-19 Vaccine Has Only About 10 Percent Efficacy Against The B.1.351 South African Variant!

Source: COVID-19 Vaccines Mar 18, 2021 4 years ago

The study results of a research on the efficacy of Astrazeneca’s ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine published in the peer reviewed New England Journal of Medicine shows that the vaccine has only about 10% efficacy against the B.1.351 South Africa Variant. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2102214 The study findings showed that two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were found to h...

Coronavirus News: Chinese Researchers Warn That Cold-Chain Transport And Frozen Goods Can Help Spread SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Spread Mar 17, 2021 4 years ago

Coronavirus News: Chinese researchers from Jilin University-China are warning that based on emerging studies and case reports, cold chain transport and frozen goods can help spread the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus including across borders. The research team published a letter in the Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://www.pnas.org/content/118/11/e2026093118 ...

Variant News: Yet Another New Antibody-Resistant SARS-CoV-2 Variant Emerges In Colombia But WHO Still Classifying It As A VOI and Not VOC!

Source: Variant News Mar 17, 2021 4 years ago

Variant News: Researchers from Instituto Nacional de Salud-Bogotá and Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia have alarmingly discovered yet another SARS-CoV-2 variant in Colombia that is antibody resistant and bears the L249S and E484K spike substitutions. Despite the same mutations having convergently appeared in other mutant strains of the virus, most notably in variants of concern, the WHO ...

More Deadly New SARS-CoV-2 Variant That Bypasses Standard COVID-19 PCR Tests Discovered In Britanny-France!

Source: SARS-CoV-2-Variants Mar 17, 2021 4 years ago

A new more deadly SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant that is able to bypass standard PCR tests has been discovered in the northwestern region of Brittany in France. The WHO has categorized the new SARS-CoV-2 variant as a ‘variant under investigation’ as French authorities are warning that the new strain is fast spreading and has been responsible for a number of deaths. ...

New Dangerous Second Generation Variant Discovered In Brazil That Could Wreak Havoc Globally!

Source: Second-Generation-SARS-CoV-2-Variants Mar 15, 2021 4 years ago

Brazilian researchers have discovered a new so called second generation SARS-CoV-2 variant with a variety of mutations and deletions never seen before that appeared on another variant from the B1.1.33 lineage. This new second generation variant of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been detected in several regions of Brazil, the Ministry of Science and Technology's National Labora...

Colorado State University Led Study Warns That SARS-CoV-2 Variants Rising Rapidly In Non-Human Hosts, Posing A High Risk For Human Reinfection!

Source: Reverse Zoonosis of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Variants Mar 14, 2021 4 years ago

A new study led by researchers from Colorado State University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine found that SARS-CoV-2 variants are rapidly emerging in animal hosts with alarming implications of the potential risk for human reinfection! The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spillback from humans into domestic and wild animals has been well-documented. The study team compa...

Harvard Led Study Confirms That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Infects Blood Monocytes Which In Turn Triggers Inflammation!

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Mar 12, 2021 4 years ago

A new study led by researchers from Harvard University Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has alarmingly found that about 10% of blood monocytes in COVID-19 patients are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. These monocytes subsequently die, leading to the release of cytokines, a feature commonly associated with severe and critical COVID-19...

British Medical Journal Raises Concerns Over Integrity Of mRNA Molecules Used In COVID-19 Vaccines After Leaked Documents Raises Questions

Source: mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Mar 11, 2021 4 years ago

The leading prestigious medical publication: The British Medical Journal is raising concerns about the integrity of mRNA molecules used in COVID-19 vaccines after documents leaked from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) following a cyber-attack in December show that some early commercial batches of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine had lower than expected levels of intact mRNA molecules. &...

Latest Cancer News: Researchers Develop Novel Tumor-Penetrating Protocol That Can Improve Outcomes Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Source: Latest Cancer News Mar 10, 2021 4 years ago

Oncology researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Columbia University have develop a new tumor-penetrating therapy protocol, that can enhance the effects of chemotherapy, reduce metastasis and increase survival especially for patients with pancreatic cancer. The ...

U.S. Military Study Indicates Evidence Of SARS-CoV-2 Recombination!

Source: Recombination In SARS-CoV-2 Mar 10, 2021 4 years ago

American military researchers from the Viral Diseases Branch-Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Maryland, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences-Bethesda, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine and the Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Maryland have in a new study found evidence of SARS-CoV-2 ...

COVID-19 Immunology: SARS-CoV-2 Modulates Dendritic Cell Maturation And Suppresses The Signaling Cascade Necessary For T Cell Activation!

Source: COVID-19 Immunology Mar 08, 2021 4 years ago

COVID-19 Immunology: A new study led by researchers from University of Milano-Bicocca-Italy which included support from scientists from the National Institute of Molecular Genetics-Italy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University-Italy, San Raffaele Hospital-Italy and the University of California, Los Angeles-USA has found that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is able to modulate dendritic cell maturation and...

Study Shows That Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities More Likely to Die From COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 News Mar 07, 2021 4 years ago

A new study by researchers from Jefferson Health- Pennsylvania has shown that intellectual disability puts individuals at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to the general population.(Wonder if this would affect the majority in countries like the United States, United Kingdom and Thailand!) The study involving 64,858,460 patients across 547 health care organizations in the U...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Led Study Alarmingly Shows SARS-CoV-2 Causing Viral Persistence In Children And Young Adults With Cancer!

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Viral Persistence Mar 05, 2021 4 years ago

A new study led by researchers from the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles along with scientists from New York Medical College, University of Southern California, Stanford University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found alarmingly found that the new SARS-CoV-2 variants are causing viral persistence in pediatric patients especially those with immunocom...

Australia Raises Concerns Over Russian SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.317 Found In UK, Thailand, Switzerland Since December 2020 And Recently In Queensland

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.317 Mar 04, 2021 4 years ago

Australia medical researchers are raising concerns over a new SARS-CoV-2 variant that was found in Queensland in the last 5 days. The strain is designated the name: B.1.1.317. According to the open access site for researchers, CoV-Lineages that details Pango lineages real time, the B.1.1.317 lineage is thought to have originated in Russia and has been has been circulating in countries lik...

Alarming Study Findings Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Disrupts Heart Muscle Contraction, Often Leading To Heart Failure

Source: Heart Failure -SARS-CoV-2 Mar 03, 2021 4 years ago

Despite attempts to downplay the seriousness of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections and the issue of Long COVID by Western health officials and experts, more studies are emerging on these areas especially on the myriad of heart issues arising as a result of having had COVID-19. It has been speculated that a huge amount of excess deaths due to heart issues around the world are in fact been l...

University Of California Study Shows That Interleukin 13 Prevents SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Source: Interleukin-13-SARS-CoV-2 Mar 02, 2021 4 years ago

A new study by researchers from the University of California-San Francisco has found that human bronchial epithelial cells stimulated with Interleukin 13 were less susceptible to infection by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus compared to cells not stimulated by Interleukin 13. Interleukin 13 or IL-13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL13 gene. IL-13 is ...

Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Hijacks Human Host Metabolic Pathways For Its Replicative Advantage!

Source: Coronavirus Research Mar 01, 2021 4 years ago

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute-Sweden, Södersjukhuset/The South General Hospital-Sweden, Stockholm University-Sweden, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)-India and Umeå University-Sweden have in a new study discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus typically hijacks the human host metabolic pathways for its replicative advantage. It has been known that viruses typica...

Yale Researchers Identify Blood Biomarkers That Can Actually Predict COVID-19 Severity And Outcomes

Source: Mar 01, 2021 4 years ago

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Yale University have actually identified a series of COVID-19 blood biomarkers that can actually predict the disease severity and outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Pathologic immune hyperactivation is emerging as a key feature of critical illness in COVID-19, but the mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. The study team carried out p...

Study By Israeli Scientists Shows That Spirulina Algae Reduces Mortality Rates In COVID-19 Patients

Source: Spirulina Algae And COVID-19 Feb 28, 2021 4 years ago

A new study led by researchers from MIGAL-Galilee Research Institute-Israel and also involving scientists from MATIS-Food and Biotech Research and Development-Iceland and the University of Cambridge-UK shows that spirulina algae is able to reduce mortality rates in COVID-19 patients besides reducing inflammation. According to the study abstract, “An array of infections, including th...

Study In China Reveals Persistent Fecal Virus Shedding In Children Deemed ‘Recovered’ From COVID-19 After Testing Negative Via Nasal Swab Tests!

Source: Coronavirus News Feb 27, 2021 4 years ago

While the Western world especially countries like the United States and the United Kingdom are trying to downplay issues about viral persistence in those that are deemed as ‘recovered’ from the COVID-19 disease , in other countries medical experts are focusing more studies on this issue. In the United States and also the United Kingdom, individuals are stupidly deemed as ‘r...

COVID-19 Supplements: Thai, Japanese And Chinese Study Finds That Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Treats Cytokine Storms And Blood Clots Linked To Mortality

Source: COVID-19 Supplements-Vitamin 6 Feb 27, 2021 4 years ago

COVID-19 Supplements: A new collaborative study involving researchers from Hiroshima University-Japan, Mahidol University-Thailand, Prajadhipok Memorial Hospital-Thailand, Xiamen University-China and Bangkok Chanthaburi Hospital-Thailand has shown that vitamin B6 may help calm cytokine storms and unclog blood clots linked to COVID-19’s lethality. The research was led by Professor Dr No...

Study Indicates That Even Those With Mild Or Asymptomatic COVID-19 Can Develop Brain Inflammation And Other Neurological Conditions In Long Term

Source: PASC (Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection) Feb 26, 2021 4 years ago

A new study from the Netherlands involving medical scientists from the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Amsterdam UMC, Utrecht University, , Leiden University Medical Center and the University of Twente have confirmed that that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is neuroinvasive as shown by viral RNA and inflammation in the brain. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus may cause acute respira...

Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Can Remain Infectious For Up To Three Days On Clothes And Masks!

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Feb 25, 2021 4 years ago

A new research carried out by scientists from De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester-UK has discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can linger in its infectious state for as long as three days on clothes and even cloth masks. https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2021/february/research-shows-coronavirus-can-survive-on-healthcare-uniforms-for-three-days.aspx Dr Laird Working On Her Study Cre...

New Research Reveals That Long-Lasting B Cells Are Not Able To Recognize Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants!

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Feb 25, 2021 4 years ago

A new study led by biotech company Adimab LLC that is based in New Hampshire-United States along with researchers from the University of Texas-Austin and also from the division of Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center-USA have revealed that long-lasting B cells are not able to recognize emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The startling new discovery has hu...

University Of California Scientists Warns That California’s B.1.427 And B.1.429 Variants Are More Infectious, Evades Immunity And More Lethal!

Source: B.1.427/B.1.429 variant Feb 24, 2021 4 years ago

Scientists from the University of California-San Francisco are warning the local variants B.1.427/B.1.429 are not only infectious and more transmissible along with the fact that it is immune evasive but rather studies have showed that it causes more severe conditions in those infected with it and is also more deadly. The B.1.427/B.1.429 variant that emerged in late 2020 and surged to beco...

Brazilian Study Shows That Cannabinoids Exhibit Anti-Inflammatory And Protective Effects On SARS-CoV-2-Infected Human Heart Cells

Source: Cannabinoids and COVID-19 Feb 23, 2021 4 years ago

A new study by scientists from multi-institutions in Brazil has demonstrated that cannabinoid receptor agonists exhibit anti-inflammatory and protective effects on SARS-CoV-2-infected human heart cells. Among the extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 is myocardial injury, caused both directly and indirectly by SARS-CoV-2, and which is associated with a high risk of mortality. One of t...

COVID-19 Induced Oxidative Stress Can Lead To Systemic Organ Failure While Long COVID Also Exhibits Pathway That Leads To Alzheimer’s Disease!

Source: Alzheimer’s Disease and COVID-19 Feb 23, 2021 4 years ago

Researchers from Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at the Clyde and Helen Wu Center for Molecular & Cardiology- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York have in a news study discovered that systemic organ failure in COVID-19 disease is basically caused by oxidative stress while alarming they also found that evidence linking oxidative stress and ...

Scientists From Spain and Brazil Discover That Polyphenols From Plants Provides Protective Effects Against COVID-19 Disease

Source: Polyphenols and COVID-19 Feb 22, 2021 4 years ago

Researchers from the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC)-Spain, Sao Francisco University-Brazil and the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP)- Brazil have in a new study discovered that polyphenols from plants are able to provide protective effects against the COVID-19 disease. More and more countries besides the United States and the United Kingdom, are turni...

American FDA Issues Warnings About Usage Of Oximeters Especially For COVID-19 Monitoring Due To Potential Inaccuracies

Source: Pulse Oximeters And COVId-19 Feb 22, 2021 4 years ago

The U.S. FDA issued a new guidance last Friday warning that pulse oximeters that have become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic for people to track their oxygen saturation may not always be accurate and that in some cases can actually lead to wrong readings and potentially put the lives of patients into high risk. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/pulse-oximeter-accuracy-...

Just As The World Is Beginning To Deal With SARS-CoV-2 Variants, Fatal H5N8 Avian Flu Cases In Humans Debuts In Russia!

Source: H5N8 Avian Flu Feb 21, 2021 4 years ago

Just as the world is beginning to deal with the threat of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants globally, Russia announced on Saturday that its scientists had detected the first cases of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization. Russian health authorities had discovered the first human cases of the highly infectious H5N8 bird flu vir...

Japan Identifies Another Alarming Variant With E484K Mutation That Likely Originated From South-East Asia, Turkey, France, India Also Sees New Variants

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Feb 20, 2021 4 years ago

Japanese Authorities have identified another alarming SARS-CoV-2 variant that bears the immune evasive mutation E484K. Japanese health authorities have confirmed the identification of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus also said that an infection cluster involving this new variant has emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to over...

Malaysian Researchers Discover that SARS-CoV-2 Infections And Lung Cancer Share Common Pathways And Genes

Source: SARS-CoV-2-Cancer Feb 20, 2021 4 years ago

Malaysian Researchers Dr Suresh Kumar and Dr Kang Soon Nan from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University-Malaysia and Dr Kalimuthu Karuppanan from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford-UK have in a new study discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infections and lung cancer sh...

University Of California Study Confirms That Human Genetics Determines Host Immunity To COVID-19

Source: Genetics and COVID-19 Feb 19, 2021 4 years ago

Genetics and COVID-19: A new study by researchers from the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine confirms that human genetics plays a critical role in determining immunity to COVID-19. The SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies develop within two weeks of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, but their durability and intensity can vary by individual, prompting concerns about the prospects o...

British Study Shows That More Than 50 Percent Of Recovered Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Exhibit Heart Damage!

Source: COVID-19-Heart-Issues Feb 18, 2021 4 years ago

COVID-19-Heart-Issues: A new study by researchers from the University College London, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Barts Heart Centre and the National Heart and Lung Institute-UK has found that more than 50% of patients who have been hospitalized with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin have damage to t...

University of Pennsylvania MRI Study Of The Brain Alarmingly Shows That Many COVID-19 Patients Exhibit Leukoencephalopathy!

Source: COVID-19-Related Disseminated Leukoencephalopathy, Feb 18, 2021 4 years ago

A new study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania involving brain MRIs of COVID-19 patients showed an alarmingly fact that many exhibited a condition known as Leukoencephalopathy. Leukoencephalopathy refers to disorders of brain white matter. Neurologists have long appreciated the importance of white matter in the normal function of the central nervous system (CNS), and ...

As Predicted, First SARS-CoV-2 Reassortant Strain Emerges Involving The Recombination of Two Variants Resulting In A Heavily Mutated Coronavirus

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Reassortant Strains Feb 17, 2021 4 years ago

SARS-CoV-2 Reassortant Strains: Since late 2020, Thailand Medical News has been predicting the emergence of reassortant strains during this COVID-19 pandemic in which the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus might combine with other coronaviruses or even other viruses to produce a totally new strain with unique characteristics. Such a reassortant strain has finally emerged in Los Angeles although...

French Study Reveals That COVID-19 Causes Potentially Dangerous Eye Abnormalities Such As The Formation Of Nodules In The Macular Region!

Source: COVID-19 Disease Feb 17, 2021 4 years ago

A new French study by researchers from the Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital in Paris have found that COVID-19 causes a potentially dangerous eye condition in a segment of patients that are severely infected in which the formation of nodules are observed in the macular regions of the eyes. The study findings report 9 patients (1/9 [11%] woman and 8/9 [89%] men, mean age 56 ±...

California Institute of Technology Finds Yet Another New SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.526 With The Immune Evasive Mutation E484K Circulating In New York!

Source: B.1.526 Variant Feb 16, 2021 4 years ago

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology while using a newly developed software tool by the institute called the Variant Database (VDB) to monitor the rapid changing landscape of spike mutations, chanced upon an emerging lineage of viral isolates in the New York region that shares mutations with previously reported variants. The most common sets of spike mutations in this new vari...

New SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.525 With More Than 20 Mutations Including E484K, 9 Non-Synonymous And 69-70 Spike Deletion Emerges in Britain!

Source: B.1.525 Variant Feb 16, 2021 4 years ago

While the United Kingdom is celebrating its milestone of hitting more than 15 million vaccinations, a new concerning SARS-CoV-2 variant has made its debut in the country with more than 32 cases so far identified and more worrisome is the fact that there could be thousands more as the new variant also yields a S gene dropout in PCR tests, making it more difficult to be picked up by current testing ...

New SARS-CoV-2 Variant Of Concern Deemed As Being More Lethal Identified In Uganda-The A.23.1 Variant

Source: A.23.1 Variant Feb 16, 2021 4 years ago

Researchers from Uganda and the United Kingdom have identified a new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern deemed as being more lethal that is currently circulating in Uganda. The study team comprising of researchers from the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit-Uganda, the Central Public Health Laboratories of the Republic of Uganda, the Institute for Evolutionary Biology, University ...

COVID-19 Research: Study Reveals That That SARS-CoV-2 Targets Proteins Involved In Endocytosis And Autophagy, Hijacking These Cellular Processes

Source: COVID-19 Research Feb 15, 2021 4 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A new study by researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Germany, Heidelberg University-Germany, Fundación Instituto Leloir-Argentina, University College Dublin-Ireland, Merck KGaA-Germany and Universidad Nacional de San Martín-Argentina has identified sequences in human proteins that might be used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect cel...

Western Africa Declares Ebola Outbreak While Facing A COVID-19 Crisis. Will A Ebola/SARS-CoV-2 Reassortant Strain Emerge?

Source: Ebola/SARS-CoV-2 Reassortant Strain Feb 15, 2021 4 years ago

The health minister in Guinea has just declared an Ebola outbreak a few hours ago and said that the country is entering an 'epidemic situation' as seven Ebola cases have been confirmed including three deaths while the country is still in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis. Certain experts are predicting the high possibility of a reassortant strain emerging from the region. Such a recombin...

Alarming Discovery In America Of New SARS-CoV-2 Variants Bearing Mutations Q677H And Q677P Leading To Greater Transmissibility.

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Variants-Q677H And Q677P Feb 15, 2021 4 years ago

SARS-CoV-2 Variants : A team of researchers from University of Bern-Switzerland, University of New Mexico-USA, Microbial Genome Sequencing Center-Pittsburg, Louisiana State University, Icahn Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Louisiana Department of Health, New Mexico Department of Health, Wyoming Public Health Laboratory and the University of Pittsburgh have discovered new variants emerging in the Unit...

A First In Medical History! John Hopkins Study Finds That SARS-CoV-2 Causes Megakaryocyte Cells To Be Found In Brain Cells Resulting In COVID Brain Fog

Source: COVID Brain Fog Feb 15, 2021 4 years ago

COVID Brain Fog: According to a new study by researchers from John Hopkins University, the typical ‘COVID brain fog; symptom experienced by many infected by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus could be due to the occlusion of brain capillaries by large megakaryocyte cells. According to the study abstract, “Evidence suggests brain involvement in the COVID-19 disease. Manifestations in a...

Be Prepared For Catastrophic Third And Fourth Waves Where Newer SARS-CoV-2 Variants And Reassortant Strains Will Cause Massive Deaths Globally!

Source: COVID-19 Third And Fourth Waves Feb 14, 2021 4 years ago

For those still living in “Lalaland’ and thinking that with the advent of the COVID-19 vaccines, things would go back to normal soon, air travel would would resume, the tourism industry will start to return back to normal and that border closures and lock downs will cease to exists, there is a huge rude shock awaiting them: the COVID-19 pandemic is going to last for a few years, at lea...

Long COVID: German Study Finds That Almost 50 Percent Of Recovered ‘Mild’ COVID-19 Patients Exhibit Persistent Chronic Fatigue For Six Months Or More

Source: Long COVID Feb 13, 2021 4 years ago

Long COVID: German researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin in a new study have found that almost 50% of ‘recovered’ COVID-19 patients exhibit moderate to severe chronic fatigue syndrome six months or more. The study done at the Charité Fatigue Center with clinical immunologists and rheumatologist, neurologists and cardiologists at the Charit&ea...

New SARS-CoV-2 Variant Featuring N679S Mutation Alarmingly Found In A Newborn Child Exhibiting Seizures In The United States!

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Variant N679S Feb 12, 2021 4 years ago

A new SARS-CoV-2 Variant N679S has been found in a new born child exhibiting seizures in the United States and according to physicians and medical researchers from the Children’s National Hospital-Center for Genetic Medicine Research, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, alarmi...

COVID-19 Research: University of California Led Study Finds That Brain Pericytes Could Be Entry Points For SARS-CoV-2 And Are Potential Reservoirs

Source: COVID-19 Research Feb 12, 2021 4 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A news research led by scientist from University of California-San Diego along with researchers from Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, Rutgers State University-New Jersey and University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is able to infect the brain pericytes and could also serve as reservoirs of the virus that contributes to viral persistence...

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COVID-19 News - Head And Neck Cancers - By Nikhil P & Kittisak M
Feb 02, 2023 2 years ago

Study Validates Previous Findings That SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections Are Now Occurring At Shorter Intervals. Current CDC and ECDC Reinfection Definitions Are Obsolete!

Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections - Omicron
Sep 28, 2022 2 years ago

Quercetin Emerging As One Of The Must Take COVID-19 Supplements Especially When Considering The Omicron Variant And Long COVID-19 Issues

Source: COVID-19 Supplements - Quercetin
Jan 02, 2022 3 years ago

BREAKING! New International Study Warns That SARS-CoV-2 Infections Will Lead To Cancers Especially Colorectal Cancers Due to Disruption In Autophagy!

Source: SARS-CoV-2-Cancer
Nov 18, 2021 3 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Genetics: Yale Scientist Identify Eight ‘Super’ Genetic Variants In White People That Increases COVID-19 Death Risk!

Source: COVID-19 Genetics
Nov 13, 2020 4 years ago

Japanese Study Shows That Ozone Water Rapidly Inactivates SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus, Making It An Ideal COVID-19 Disinfectant And Sanitizer

Source: Ozone Water-COVID-19
Nov 05, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING NEWS! COVID-19 Study Reveals That SARS-CoV-2 Uses CD4 Cells To Infect T-helper Lymphocytes. COVID-19 A Potent Version Of Airborne HIV?

Source: BREAKING NEWS
Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 News: Emerging Studies Shows SARS-CoV-2 Attacks The Digestive Tract Especially The Intestines Directly, Reported Case Of Bowel Perforation

Source: COVID-19 News
Sep 21, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING NEWS! Study Of COVID-19 Recovered Patients In China Reveals That Lymphocytes Are Drastically Altered To Become Dysfunctional With Immunity Implications

Source: COVID-19 Recovered Patients
Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

Occulus Hirsutus and AQCH: India Discreetly Developing And Testing COVID-19 Drug Based On Phytochemicals Extracted From Occulus Hirsutus Plant

Source: Occulus Hirsutus and AQCH
Jun 27, 2020 5 years ago

High-Flow Nasal Cannula: For COVID-19 Second Wave Preparations, Forget About Ventilators, Doctors Are Now Turning To High-Flow Nasal Cannula

Source: High-Flow Nasal Cannula
Jun 25, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Androgens: Study Shows Bald Men Mostly Likely To Suffer Severe COVID-19 Conditions Due To High Levels Of Androgens

Source: Androgens And COVID-19
Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING NEWS! COVID-19 Research Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Can Survive In Water For Up To 25 Days And Could Also Be Water-Borne

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Hepatitis B: UAE COVID-19 Case Study Indicates That COVID-19 Could Induce Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation

Source: Hepatitis B and COVID-19
Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Research: Sodium Channels Could Be Affected As Coronavirus Spike Protein Has Similar Sequence To Human Epithelial Sodium Channel

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Cannabis And COVID-19: Caflanone, A Flavonoid Extracted From A Distinct Cannabis Strain Could be A Therapeutic Drug Against the COVID-19

Source: Cannabis And COVID-19
Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Gargling: New Studies Show That Throat Gargling May Be Beneficial After All During COVID-19 Despite Being Labeled In the Past As Misinformation

Source: Gargling and COVID-19
Jun 19, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Research: New Study Reveals That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Also Affects Thyroid Functions In Majority Of COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 17, 2020 5 years ago

Exploring Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNo) As As An Adjuvant COVID-19 Treatment For Pulmonary Issues

Source: Nitric Oxide and COVID-19
Jun 15, 2020 5 years ago

Understanding The Differences Between COVID-19 Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic Conditions

Source: COVID-19 Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic
Jun 14, 2020 5 years ago

Scripp Institute Has Detected The Mutation That Most Scientist Dread: The D614G Mutation Which Could Make The SARS-CoV-2 More Infectious

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Mutations
Jun 13, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Medical Experts Warn That COVID-19 Could Trigger Diabetes In Otherwise Healthy Individuals Who Never Had The Condition Before.

Source: Diabetes and COVID-19
Jun 13, 2020 5 years ago

Acute Pancreatitis: Warning That Acute Pancreatitis Is Now Manifesting In COVID-19 Patients, A Condition Never Seen In Early Stages Of The Pandemic

Source: Acute Pancreatitis
Jun 11, 2020 5 years ago

Immune Health: Cistanche And Pu-erh Tea Supplements Could Help Improve Immune Factors And Reduce Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Such As Interleukin-6

Source: Immune Health
Jun 09, 2020 5 years ago

Study Finds That COVID-19 Also Causes Myocardial Injury (Heart Damage)

Source: Myocardial Injury
Jun 09, 2020 5 years ago

European COVID-19 Research Indicates That Individuals With Blood Group Type A Might Be More Vulnerable To Respiratory Failure

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 08, 2020 5 years ago

Supplements: Singaporean Researchers Say That Vitamin D, Magnesium And Vitamin B12 Combo May Reduce Severity In Older COVID-19 Patients

Source: Supplements And COVID-19
Jun 06, 2020 5 years ago

MUST READ! Strokes: Study Shows COVID-19 Increases Risk Of Strokes In Healthy Young Individuals. Global Increase In Stroke Deaths Last Few Months

Source: Strokes And COVID-19
Jun 05, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING ALERT! COVID-19: Italian Researchers Discover Brain Lesions On COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19
May 23, 2020 5 years ago

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