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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.

BREAKING! GOVID-19 Genomics: Major Genetic Risk Variant Identified On SARS-CoV-2 Was Inherited 60,000 Years Ago From The Neanderthals!

Source: COVID-19 Genomics Jul 06, 2020 5 years ago

GOVID-19 Genomics: A major genetic risk variant found on the SARs-CoV-2 coronavirus RNA which comprises of a stretch of six genes that seems to increase the risk of severe illness from the coronavirus was found to be part of a stretch of DNA passed down from Neanderthals 60,000 years ago, according to a new study by genomic experts from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology-German...

COVID-19 Vaccine: Oxford’s and AstraZenaca’s ChAdOx1 Vaccine Progresses Into Phase III Human Trials

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Jul 06, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccine: Professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford, and one of the scientists leading the vaccine initiative, Dr Sarah Gilbert, told the U.K.'s Science and Technology Committee last week that their candidate vaccine has progressed to the phase III trial in the United Kingdom. Phase III trials typically involves tens of thousands of research participants acros...

BREAKING! Flu Vaccine: Study In Brazil Shows That Trivalent Or Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine Associated With Reduced Risk Of COVID-19 Severity And Mortality

Source: Flu Vaccine Jul 06, 2020 5 years ago

Flu Vaccine: Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, the University of Basel and University of Sao Paulo Medical School in a new research involving over 92,000 patients with COVID-19 in Brazil shows that the risks of severe disease, ventilatory support requirement, and death are reduced with a recent trivalent influenza vaccine. The research findings were printed on a pre...

COVID-19 Diagnostics: UVA Researchers Say That Cytokine IL-13 Can Be Used As A Blood Test Biomarker To Determine COVID-19 Severity

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics Jul 06, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: A new research from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine suggests doctors can examine COVID-19 patients' blood to identify those at greatest risk of severe illness and to pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator. The main biomarker that should be looked out for is the cytokine IL-13 (Interleukin 13). High levels of IL-13 were associated with worsened...

Generic Remdesivir: While Americans Have To Pay Up To US$3120 For Gilead’s Remdesivir, Price War In India Has Led Prices Dropping To Below US$50!

Source: Generic Remdesivir Jul 06, 2020 5 years ago

Generic Remdesivir: The Trump administration last week proudly announced that it had secured 500,000 doses of Gilead’s remdesivir at prices that were set by Gilead at between US$2,340 to US$3,120. https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-remdesivir-gilead-sets-price-at-us$2,340-to-us$3,120-for-drug-that-has-no-safety-studies-or-true-efficacy-except-that-it-shortens-hospitaliza ...

WHO Is Spreading Misinformation! 293 Scientific Experts Challenge and Say That SARS-CoV-2 is Airborne. Retaliation Called Against WHO

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Is Airborne Jul 06, 2020 5 years ago

WHO: Despite mounting evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is airborne and that the general public worldwide needs to be aware of this, the WHO (World Health Organization) is still taking a stance that it is not the case but is only spread by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor. The WHO lead by black ...

COVID-19 Diagnostics: New Test Kit That Can Differentiate Between COVID-19 And Influenza By US CDC Get FDA Approval. Preparation For Coming Flu Season

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: The US FDA last week on granted Emergency Use Authorization to a new molecular diagnostic test from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that can detect and differentiate the viruses that cause COVID-19 and flu. The new Influenza SARS-CoV-2 (Flu SC2) Multiplex Assay is a real-time RT-PCR test intended for the simultaneous detection and differ...

COVID-19 Innovations: Kyocera Develops Wearable Remote Monitoring Device For COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Innovations Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Innovations: The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought a slew of new challenges for clinical facilities, including how to deliver as much care as possible at a distance or remotely not only for precautionary measures to safeguard the wellbeing of healthcare staff but only for better monitoring of COVID-19 patients.. Researchers from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at To...

Autoimmunity: Japanese Researchers Identify Proteins Tet2 And Tet3 That Can Prevent Autoimmunity Issues

Source: Autoimmunity Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

Autoimmunity: In normal roles, the immune system is supposed to protect from external microbial invaders, but sometimes it turns its efforts inward, potentially resulting in autoimmune diseases. Researchers from Osaka University In a new study have discovered how reversible modifications to DNA by certain proteins protect from autoimmune diseases, and conversely, how the absence of these ...

COVID-19 And HIV: Icahn Researchers Say HIV May Not Worsen COVID-19 Outcomes

Source: COVID-19 And HIV Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 And HIV: Individuals with HIV who were hospitalized with COVID-19 did not have worse results than COVID-19 patients without HIV, according to new research by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The research findings were published in the journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa880/5864410?searchresult=1 Study...

COVID-19 Pharma News: Merck Initiates Clinical Trial Of TLR7 And TLR8 Inhibitor To Treat Severe COVID-19

Source: Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Pharma News: Pharma giant Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced that the US FDA has cleared its investigational new drug application (IND) for M5049 for the treatment of patients with Covid-19 pneumonia. Merck will initiate a Phase II randomized, controlled clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of M5049 in this patient population. M5049 is a potentially fi...

Melatonin and COVID-19: More Studies Emerging That Melatonin Is Useful As An Adjuvant Treatment For COVID-19 Due to Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties.

Source: Melatonin and COVID-19 Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

Melatonin and COVID-19: Another study by researchers from Peking Union Medical College in China and the University of Texas- San Antonio in America have in a new peer-reviewed finding that is published in the journal: Life Sciences By Science Direct, propose that Melatonin should be incorporated as an adjuvant treatment for COVID-19 as it has proven mechanisms to target Inflammasomes that triggers...

COVID-19 Vaccine: China Creates Artificial Protein That Can Be Basis For Broad-Spectrum Vaccine While Others Warn Vaccines Might Not Be Effective Long Term

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Jul 05, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccine: Researchers from China have created an artificial protein that they say could be the basis of a vaccine to help ward off various deadly coronaviruses, including the pathogen that causes Covid-19 Copyright: Credit: Xinhua The researchers from the Chinese CDC said the approach triggered a strong antibody response in mice and monkey trials to Middle Eas...

Warning! COVID-19 Clinical Care: Alert About Drug Interactions When Treating COVID-19 Patients With Anticancer Drugs While On Antivirals

Source: COVID-19 Clinical Care Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Clinical Care: Researchers are expressing that more safety data is needed in terms of treatment of symptomatic COVID-19 patients on antivirals with anticancer drugs. A report published in the European Journal of Cancer by a group of French investigators led by Dr Paul Gougis of the Department of pharmacology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris, Franc...

COVID-19 Drugs: U.S. FDA Approves Siltuximab To Treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) In COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Drugs Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Drugs: EUSA Pharma has secured approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for a Phase III clinical trial protocol of intravenous siltuximab plus standard of care in hospitalized patients with Covid-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The pharmaceutical company will now proceed with the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to e...

COVID-19 Vaccine: India’s Second COVID-19 Vaccine By Zydus Cadila Gets Approval For Human Trials

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccine: Indian pharmaceutical company, Zydus Cadila received the green signal from the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to start phase I and II of their clinical trials on human participants. Over 120 independent scientific bodies are in contention to find a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Over 7 vaccines are being researched in India and just this week, two candidate groups ...

German Researchers Study Brain Oxygen Needs And Correlation With Nerve Cells Activity

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

The human brain has a high energy demand and reacts very sensitively to oxygen deficiency. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich neurobiologists have now succeeded for the first time in directly correlating oxygen consumption with the activity of certain nerve cells. Typically, the brain requires a disproportionate amount of energy compared to its body mass. This energy is mainly generat...

HIV Drugs: US FDA Approves Rukobia (Fostemsavir) To Treat Patients With Multidrug Resistant HIV Infection

Source: HIV Drugs Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

HIV Drugs: The drug Rukobia (fostemsavir) has been approved by The U.S. FDA for adults living with HIV who have tried multiple HIV medications and whose HIV infection cannot be successfully treated with other therapies because of resistance, intolerance or safety considerations. Rukobia (Fostemsavir) is a new type of antiretroviral medication to be taken twice daily by mouth. It is a prodrug, whi...

COVID-19 Vaccine Updates - Pfizer and BioNTech Publish Positive Interim Phase I/II Data for COVID-19 Vaccine

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Updates Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccine Updates: Pharmaceutical and Biotech giants, Pfizer and BioNTech reported that the most advanced of four constructs of their messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine candidate for COVID-19 showed encouraging immunogenicity and a favorable safety profile in preliminary Phase I/II data published in a preprint study. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20142570v1 Bot...

COVID-19 Disinfectants: Miramistin A Cold War Antiseptic Has Potential In Fight Against Drug-Resistant Germs And Viruses, Researchers Urge Study For SARS-CoV-2

Source: COVID-19 Disinfectants Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Disinfectants: University of Manchester scientists say that a little-known non-toxic antiseptic developed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War has enormous potential to beat common infections and that even detailed studies should be conducted with regards to its use in the current COVID-19 scenario. Their report was published in the journal: FEMS Microbiology Reviews. https://aca...

Could Study That Shows Proteins Nsp12 And 13 Of SARS-Cov-2 Causing Mitochondrial Dysfunction Explain For Prevalence Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In COVID-19 Patients?

Source: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: There has been so many clinical manifestation of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) reported in COVID-19 patients experiencing mild to moderate symptoms and also in typically asymptomatic and also recovered COVID-19 patients. To date medical experts do not have a proper explanation for this. However, browsing through various new COVI...

COVID-19 Research: University Of Bristol Researchers Warn That Liver Complications Are Common In COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Research Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Researchers from the University Of Bristol in a new review published in the Journal Of Infection indicate that liver complications are common and are associated with more severe disease in patients with COVID-19. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306105/ or https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(20)30425-4/pdf Dr Setor K. Kunutsor of Bristol M...

WARNING! COVID-19 Pediatrics: More Children With COVID-19 Discovered To Be Inflicted With Neurological Symptoms

Source: COVID-19 Pediatrics Jul 04, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Pediatrics: Researchers from the University College London Institute of Neurology are warning that children with COVID-19 may present with new neurological symptoms involving the central and peripheral nervous systems, and splenial changes on imaging. The new research findings were published the journal: JAMA Neurology. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2...

COVID-19 Drugs: Researchers Advocate Using Erythropoietin (EPO) As An Adjuvant Treatment For COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Drugs Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Drugs and Erythropoietin: German researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen suggest that the anemia drug Erythropoietin (Epo) which is sometimes misused as doping agent could also be effective against COVID-19. EPO, the growth factor could also mitigate severe disease progression and protect patients from long-term neurological effects when the ...

SARS-COV-2 Mutations: Study Shows That G614 Strain Less Lethal In Short Term Than D614 But Is Aggressive In Transmissions And Multiplies Rapidly

Source: SARS-COV-2 Mutations Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

SARS-COV-2 Mutations: Virologists and genomic researchers now know that two major variants of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) are circulating in the United States and elsewhere at the moment besides the hundreds of minor variants. The variants, called G614 and D614, have just a small difference in their "spike" protein, the viral machinery that coronaviruses use to enter hos...

U.S. COVID-19 News: America Setting New Records Every day. Trump Deserves Badge Of Honor. 53,096 New Infections In Last 24 Hours

Source: U.S. COVID-19 News Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

U.S. COVID-19 News: America sets a new record in the last 24 hours with 53,069 (Thursday) new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. The country now has recorded a total of 2,837,189 COVID-19 Infections of which health authorities claim that 1,191,102 have ‘recovered.’ A total of 131,217 Americans have died from the COVID-19. What is even scarier is that it is reported t...

COVID-19 Diagnostics: University Of Chicago Developing New Handheld Device That Test For Both Virus and Antibodies In Less Than 5 Minutes And Costs Only US$10!

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Despite the fact that accurate and widespread testing is crucial to managing the coronavirus pandemic, many individuals in the U.S. and even elsewhere globally still can’t get tested for COVID-19 without visiting designated sites. A rendering of a potential affordable, handheld COVID-19 testing device. The researchers hope to be evaluating prototyp...

BREAKTHROUGH! COVID-19 Drugs: Data And Text Mining Platform Yields 32 Drug Candidates And 73 Prospective Drug Combinations To Fight SARS-COV-2

Source: COVID-19 Drugs Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Drugs: Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) have used a new web-based platform to help identify synergistic and antagonistic drug combinations and their underlying mechanisms of action in the context of fighting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease. The data mining tool, called COVID-KOP, prioritized 73 combinations of 32 drugs as potential treatments for COVID-1...

BREAKING! Study Finds That COVID-19 Increases Risk of Stroke By Eight times Compared To Influenza

Source: COVID-19 and Strokes Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 and Strokes: A new study finds that although both Influenza and COVID-19 can raise the risk for a stroke, the odds appear to be eight times higher with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The researchers found that among more than 1,900 patients with COVID-19, 1.6% suffered a stroke, versus 0.2% of nearly 1,500 patients seriously ill with flu. The research findings ...

COVID-19 Hypoxia: New Research Provides Possible Explanations For ‘Happy Hypoxia’ Phenomenon In COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Hypoxia Jul 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Hypoxia: Researchers from Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago in a new study provides possible explanations for COVID-19 patients who present with extremely low, otherwise life-threatening levels of oxygen, but no signs of dyspnea (difficulty breathing). This new understanding of the condition, known as silent hypoxemia or 'happy hypoxia,' could ...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Endocrine System: New Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Damages The Endocrine System!

Source: COVID-19 and the Endocrine System Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Endocrine System: It seems that the damage from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is never ending. Starting out initially as a respiratory disease that causes damage to the lungs, studies progressed to show that it also affects the immunity system, the gastroenterological system, the clotting mechanisms, the neurological system, the heart and circulatory system, the reproductive system in males ...

BREAKING NEWS! HIV: Study Shows New HIV Drug Lenacapavir Taken Once Every Six Months Can Maintain Low Viral Loads Effectively

Source: HIV and Lenacapavir Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

HIV and Lenacapavir: Gilead scientists are reporting an early step toward an HIV drug that could potentially be taken only a couple of times per year. A new study showed that a single injection of the experimental drug, called lenacapavir, was able to lower blood levels of HIV in a small group of patients. And it was capable of maintaining active levels in the blood for more than six...

Skin Inflammation: Ohio State University Researchers Say Black Raspberries Can Reduce Inflammation Associated With Skin Allergies

Source: Skin Inflammation Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

Skin Inflammation: Researchers from Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have demonstrated in animal models using mice that diets rich in black raspberries can reduce inflammation associated with skin allergies. The research findings were published in the journal: Nutrients https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1701 The study showed that black raspberries reduced inf...

Research Shows That Administering Antibiotics In Newborns Slows Digestive Nerve Function And Alters Microbiome

Source: Antibiotics and Microbiome Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

Antibiotics: Researchers from the University Of Melbourne and Baylor College of Medicine-Texas have found in a new study that antibiotic exposure during crucial developmental periods in early childhood alters digestive tract nerve function and bacterial colonies. The research finds are published in the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. https://jour...

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

COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A collaborative study in China involving leading universities and hospitals headed by Wuhan Institute Of Virology has discovered that recovered patients who even after 2 to 11 weeks of being discharged from hospitals, displayed a remarkable phenotypic alterations in lymphocytes after clinical recovery. This suggests SARS-CoV-2 infection imprints profoundly on lymphocyt...

BREAKING! Diabetes And COVID-19: German Case Study Confirms That SARS-CoV-2 Can Trigger Diabetes In Young Adults Otherwise Healthy

Source: Diabetes and COVID-19 Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

Diabetes And COVID-19: A case study by German researchers from University of Kiel have confirmed that the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus can trigger diabetes and insulin dependency in young adults who have otherwise been healthy with any prior history of sickness or diabetes. It is assumed that the diabetes is triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus attacking the pancreas thru the ACE-2 receptors present ...

COVID-19 Diagnostics: University Of California-Berkeley Starts Clinical Trials Of Saliva Test for COVID-19

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

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Researchers from the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), the same UC Berkeley group that rapidly popped up a state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing laboratory in March, are now trialing a quicker way to obtain patient samples: through saliva. So far diagnostic tests for COVID-19 have relied on samples obtained by swabbing uncomfortably deep into a person’s nasal pa...

US Medical News: U.S. COVID-19 Cases Beats Daily Records As More Than 51,000 New Infections Reported In Last 24 Hours, More Expected After July 4th Holidays

Source: US Medical News Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: Daily new COVID-19 cases in America soared past 51,097 in the last 24 hours for the first time, as the World Health Organization delivered a grave warning that the global pandemic is accelerating. Clubs, restaurants, bars and beaches in the world's worst-hit nation closed from California to Florida, as states reeling from yet another surge in the deadly virus&nbs...

COVID-19 Latest: Yet Another Study, This Time From Utretch University Shows That Platelets Are Involved In Coagulation And Host Defense In COVID-19

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

COVID-19 Latest: Researchers from Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht, and Erasmus MC have discovered that platelets also play a role in the immune system: They appear to be indispensable in protecting the respiratory system against pathogens despite their primary role in blood coagulation and the development of thrombosis. Lead researcher Dr Erhard van der Vries told Thailand Medical News, &...

COVID-19 Vaccine: American National Institute Of Health Lays Down Prerequisites On Human Infection Models To Support SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development

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

COVID-19 Vaccine: Members of the National Institutes of Health's Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) Vaccines Working Group assess practical considerations and prerequisites for using controlled human infection models (CHIMs), which can be used for human challenge studies, to support SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development. In a new report published in th...

COVID-19 Drugs: Fostamatinib Being Advocated To Be Repurposed To Treat Acute Lung Injury In COVID-19 By Harvard And Imperial College Researchers

Source: COVID-19 Drugs and Fostamatinib Jul 02, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Drugs: Fostamatinib, an FDA-approved monoclonal antibody that is a spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor (SYK), was studied by researchers from Harvards’ Broad Institute, Imperial College’s Hammersmith Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School for possible use to reduce the levels of mucin-1, a molecule associated with acute lung injury and acute respi...

COVID-19 Endotheliopathy: Yale Researchers Finds That Early Detection of Blood Vessel Injury Via Diagnostics Critical To Predicting Survival in COVID-19

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

COVID-19 Endotheliopathy: Yale University researchers have found that injury to endothelial cells ie the cells lining blood vessels may be a key driver of COVID-19 severity and death. The new research may help to explain the mysterious blood clotting seen in some patients with COVID-19, a condition associated with the most severe cases and death. The discovery suggests that doctors could ...

COVID-19 Antibodies: Researchers Warn Of Major Weaknesses And Inaccuracy Of Most COVID-19 Antibody Tests Especially Those From China

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

COVID-19 Antibodies: A new research published by the British Medical Journal, (BMJ) yesterday highlights major weaknesses that exist in the evidence base for COVID-19 antibody tests. https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2516 The research found that the evidence is particularly weak for point-of-care tests (performed directly with a patient, outside of a laboratory) and does not support...

World Covid-19 News: 10,614,957 COVID-19 Infections And 514,635 Deaths Yet People Are Still Complacent. Figures To Accelerate Exponentially The Next 12 Months

Source: World Covid-19 News Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

World Covid-19 News: The world has recorded 10,614,957 official COVID-19 infections and 514,635 deaths in the last six months as of Ist July 2020 (5am California). The actual figures are at least 5 fold for both infection and deaths due to underreporting and concealments by many countries. Unfortunately despite the relative high figures, people are still complacent and many are living in denial. (...

COVID-19 Disinfectants: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Invents Antiviral Superhydrophobic Coating For Healthcare Usage Such As On PPEs, Gloves Etc

Source: COVID-19 Disinfectants Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Disinfectants: PNNL or Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has created a new superhydrophobic material, called ElastiDry that repels bacteria and viruses. Water beads off ElastiDry due to the substance’s superhydrophobocity. Image credit: Andrea Starr | PNNL PPEs or personal protective equipment has been at the center of the fight against COVID-19. The unforgiving...

Breaking! COVID-19 Vaccine: Experts From Imperial College London And University College London Say That COVID-19 Vaccine Might Not Be Effective For The Elderly

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccine: Medical experts from UK are saying that a vaccine against COVID-19 may not be as effective in older people who are most at risk of suffering complications and dying from the disease. A better approach they say is to immunize those around the elderly to better help them and also protect them from getting infected those close to them or are in constant with them. Pr...

COVID-19 Clinical Trials: Ireland Starts Study To Investigate Alpha-1-Antitrypsin for Severe Infections

Source: COVID-19 Clinical Trials Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Clinical Trials: Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences-Ireland have begun a clinical trial of a promising therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care. A study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine by the team led by RCSI Professors Dr Gerry McElvaney and Dr Ger Curley, describe changes in the...

COVID-19 Neurology: John Hopkins Shows How The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Infects Brain Cells In Organoid Study

Source: COVID-19 Neurology Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Neurology: A research team comprising of multidisciplinary experst from two Johns Hopkins University institutions, including neurotoxicologists and virologists from the Bloomberg School of Public Health and infectious disease specialists from the school of medicine, has found that organoids (tiny tissue cultures made from human cells that simulate whole organs) known as "mini-brains&...

COVID-19 Genomics: Researchers Identify s2m-The Specific Genetic Element Of SARS-Cov-2 Found Also In Different Insect Species As Being Vital For Viral Function

Source: COVID-19 Genomics Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Genomics: Genomic researchers from Norway and the US demonstrate the presence of a highly conserved, mobile genetic element (thus far with unknown function) in genomes of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and a large number of insects, opening the door for hitherto unexplored treatment opportunities. The coronaviruses are a group of known human...

COVID-19 Drugs: Cidofovir, Abacavir, Valganciclovir, Stavudine, And Entecavir Identified As Being Able To Shut Down SARS-Cov-2 Polymerase Reaction

Source: COVID-19 Drugs Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Drugs: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus typically uses a protein called polymerase to replicate its genome inside infected human cells. Studies have shown that terminating the polymerase reaction will stop the growth of the coronavirus, leading to its eradication by the human host's immune system. Now researchers from Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Myocarditis: Researchers From Cedar-Sinai Demonstrate How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Heart Cells In Vitro

Source: COVID-19 Myocarditis Jul 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Myocarditis: Researchers from Mount-Sinai have in a new study showed that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can infect heart cells in a lab dish, indicating it may be possible for heart cells in COVID-19 patients to be directly infected by the virus. The new discovery, published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, was made using heart muscle cells that were produced by stem cell ...

BREAKING! New G4 EA H1N1 Swine Flu Strain Found In China Could be Another Coming Pandemic Threat

Source: New G4 EA H1N1 Swine Flu Strain Jun 30, 2020 5 years ago

New G4 EA H1N1 Swine Flu Strain: A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in China and one in the U.S. has found evidence of a new strain of swine flu that poses a possible threat to humans based on widespread testing of pigs in China and people known to be near them. The research finds are published in the journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

COVID-19 Drugs: RECOVERY Trial Study Confirms Lopinavir-Ritonavir Has No Clinical Benefits In Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Drugs Jun 30, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Drugs: More emerging results from the ongoing international RECOVERY Trail project shows that Lopinavir-Ritonavir has no clinical benefits in hospitalized COVID-19 treatments. Readers should also take note that in February 2020, Thai ‘medical experts’ held a huge press conference to announce that they had invented a treatment protocol to treat COVID-19 using Lopinavir-Ritonavi...

COVID-19 Research: Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Indirectly Causes Platelets To Become 'Hyperactive' Resulting In Clotting Issues, Genetic Alteration Suspected

Source: COVID-19 Research Jun 30, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A new research by University Of Utah indicates that changes in blood platelets triggered by COVID-19 could contribute to the onset of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious complications in some patients who have the disease. The study team found that inflammatory proteins produced during infection significantly alter the function of platelets, making them "hype...

Warning! Health Tips: Raw Milk Can Be Harmful As It Holds A Large Amount Of Antimicrobial-Resistant Genes

Source: Health Tips Jun 30, 2020 5 years ago

Health Tips: According to a new study from researchers at the University of California-Davis, raw or unpasteurized cows' milk from U.S. retail stores can hold a huge amount of antimicrobial-resistant genes if left at room temperature, The research also found bacteria that harbored antimicrobial-resistant genes can transfer them to other bacteria, potentially spreading resistance if consumed. ...

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Herbs And Phytochemicals - Roselle - Obesity
Mar 08, 2023 2 years ago

COVID-19 News: Will SARS-CoV-2 Infections Ultimately Lead To An Increased Incidence Of Head And Neck Cancers?

COVID-19 News - Head And Neck Cancers - By Nikhil P & Kittisak M
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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
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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
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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
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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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