COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from Harvard Medical School warns that co-infections with endemic coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses can cause severe bronchiolitis in children.
The research findings were published in the journal: Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy Of Pediatrics. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/08/04/peds.2...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Results of the phase one trial of NovaVAx’s NVX-CoV2373 recombinant nanoparticle vaccine that is manufactured at Emergent Biosolutions, was found to be well tolerated and immunogenic including inducing T-cell response and neutralization antibodies four-fold higher than the mean observed in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Though several promising candidates are already on...
COVID-19 Herbs: Greek researchers from the University of Crete has discovered that a natural occurring chemical from Kum Quats called fortunellin has potential inhibitory properties against the SARS-CoV-2 virus as it is able to inhibit the dimerization process in the virus 3C protein replication process.
The researchers made the discovery using computational silico molecular docking studi...
COVID-19 News: Studies are indicating that individuals with existing chronic liver conditions especially severe cirrhosis are at a great risk of dying upon contracting the COVID-19 Disease.
Just 3 studies alone published in the Journal of Hepatology supports this conclusion with numerous other similar studies appearing in various other journals as well.
https://www.journal-of-hepatology.e...
COVID-19 Herbs: In a breakthrough study and clinical trial by Chinese researchers from at Nanjing University, Wuhan Institute of Virology and Second Hospital of Nanjing along with support from Thailand Medical News, it has been found that Honeysuckle (we are not disclosing the particular strains at the moment) has efficacy against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The research findings are publ...
Source: COVID-19 Herbs And Therapeutic Teas Aug 09, 2020 3 years ago
Therapeutic Teas is a range of herbal teas specially created for the COVID-19 crisis after 6 months of intense research and is still evolving daily based on emerging daily COVID-19 research.We do not make any claims about what the teas are good for or what it can do and achieve in terms of health benefits but rather we let readers do their own due diligence based on the accompanying published rese...
COVID-19 Sepsis: Italian researchers in a case report published on a preprint server warns of bacterial or fungal infections that are drug resistant emerging in COVID-19 patients, often leading to treatment complications, sepsis and fatalities. https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202008.0198/v1
The researchers said that although co-infections with bacteria or fungi may be a frequen...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Biotech and medical researchers from the University of Chicago and Duke University have created a new vaccine technology platform that allows the generation of the more effective vaccines with the fewest side effects using self-assembling peptide nanofibers tagged with antigens to prime the immune system against a potential invasion.
The research findings were published ...
Source: COVID-19 Research Aug 09, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Research: The research community has been abuzz with a new conspiracy theories the last 24 hours after Indian researchers from the MACS Agharkar Research Institute in Pune published a new research paper online questioning the origins of samples used for the genomic sequencings of the BAT RaTG13 coronavirus which has since been submitted to various international databases for comparisons a...
Source: Diabetes And Canagliflozin Aug 09, 2020 3 years ago
Diabetes And Canagliflozin: A serious drug interaction between canagliflozin (Invokana) and rosuvastatin (Crestor) was thought to cause liver and muscle toxicity (myotoxoicty) in a female patient in Canada, according to a new published case report.
The case report was published in the medical journal: Annals of Internal Medicine as reported by Dr David Juurlink, MD, PhD, of Sunnybrook Health Sc...
COVID-19 Latest: A new German study is proofing that contrary to what has been generally assumed so far, a severe course of COVID-19 does not solely result in a strong immune reaction, rather, the immune response is caught in a continuous loop of activation and inhibition.
Medical and immunology experts from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the University of Bonn, the Ger...
Source: COVID-19 Treatments Aug 09, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Treatments: For the last 6 weeks, Thailand Medical News has been advocating that COVID-19 treatments should be approached from a personalized medicine approach as the disease parthenogenesis and progression differs in every individuals due to genetic factors, underlying medical conditions, a variety of risk factors and also the genomic strains of the infecting virus as meta-analysis of va...
Skin Cancer: A novel immunotherapy protocol involving adoptive T cell transfer combined with dendritic cell vaccination for the skin cancer malignant melanoma shows promising results.
The clinical research involving three severely ill patients who are now long-term survivors has given optimism for others in a similar predicament.
The research published in the journal: OncoImmunolog...
COVID-19 Tips: A research in the Open Research publishing platform: F1000Research, which has been peer-reviewed, claims that heat can be used as a therapeutic intervention for COVID-19. https://f1000research.com/articles/9-292/v2
It is known that viruses that are contained within a lipid membrane or “enveloped viruses” such as coronaviruses and rhinoviruses can ...
Source: COVID-19 Warnings Aug 08, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Warnings: Researchers from COVID-19 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme- Spain have discovered that the usage of the antivirals Lopinavir-Ritonavir (LPV-r ) can lead to numerous drug interactions that can be detrimental to health conditions and even cause death in certain situations as a result of these interactions.
Despite numerous st...
COVID-19 Latest: A team of medical researchers from the Department of Urology and the Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York in a review paper that focuses on the two diseases (Prostrate Cancer And COVID-19) advocate that males with prostate cancer should be routinely tested for COVID-19.
Their research review was published in the j...
Source: COVID-19 Treatments Aug 08, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Treatments: With no proper effective antivirals against the SARS-CoV-2 to date and mounting skepticism about antibody therapies and vaccines due to conflicting research studies as to whether real long time immunity protection against the SARS-CoV-2 can be truly achieved and with issues arising from all so called discovered repurposed drugs to deal with anti-inflammatory issues and cytokin...
Source: COVID-19 Warnings Aug 07, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Warnings: As daily evidence mounts that COVID-19 can damage the heart, cardiologists and medical experts are urging individuals to take precautions when doing vigorous exercise.
It has been reported that up to 30% of patients hospitalized with coronavirus infection have signs of cardiac injury plus it has been found in various studies that the SARS-CoV-2 is able to caus...
Source: India COVID-19 News Aug 07, 2020 3 years ago
India COVID-19 News: India's official COVID-19 case tally hit two million on Friday, doubling in three weeks as the pandemic sweeps into smaller cities and rural areas, with experts warning the real toll could be much higher.
Another record daily jump of more than 62,482 fresh infections was recorded, according to health ministry data, making the South Asian giant only the t...
COVID-19 News: Just like literally everything that we were told since the COVID-19 infections first broke out in China, nothing that we know then as a result of all the misinformation fed to us by the unscrupulous Chinese and their faked data or the initial misinformation from the clueless and incompetent WHO is really valid today. From the drugs that they claimed worked, to the pathogenesis and p...
Source: COVID-19 Clinical Care Aug 07, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Clinical Care: Medical researchers from George Washington University (GW) have identified five blood biomarkers that are associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death in COVID-19 patients.
The research findings were published in the journal Future Medicine, with the hope that these findings will help physicians better predict outcomes for COVID-19 patients ...
Source: COVID-19 Genomics Aug 07, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Genomics: Researchers from Emory University-Atlanta have confirmed that recombination events among the viral strains of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are already occurring and have detected the presence of such recombinant strains.
The research findings were published on a preprint server and are currently under peer-review. https://www.biorxiv....
Source: COVID-19 Vaccines Aug 07, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Vaccines: As the world eagerly anticipates the arrival of a truly effective COVID-19 vaccine, it is emerging that one country is most likely to least benefit from it despite spending the most money compared to any other country in the world to secure a sufficient supply of the vaccine for its population.
In the United States where more than 42 percent of its population is obese, ...
Source: COVID-19 Research Aug 06, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Research: A new study by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) conducted to investigate the impact of liver injury on clinical outcomes of over 1,000 COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong has found that around 20% of the patients manifest liver injuries.
The estimated risk of COVID-19 patients with liver injury experienci...
Source: America Covid-19 News Aug 06, 2020 3 years ago
America Covid-19 News: The United States added 1,262 more deaths to its COVID-19 toll in the last 24 hours (Wednesday)
The largest economy in the world also added 53,158 new COVID-19 cases .
America has now recorded 4,818,328 cases in total, which have resulted in 157,930 deaths, making it by far the worst-hit country in the world.
US President Donald Trump nonetheless remai...
Source: Multiple Sclerosis: Aug 06, 2020 3 years ago
Multiple Sclerosis: A recently completed phase 3, multicenter clinical trial has found that an immune-modulating drug can silence inflammatory disease activity in a large majority of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS), the most common form of the illness, in which symptoms wax and wane.
Multiple Sclerosis or MS is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immu...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Maryland-based Novavax is yet another biopharma company reporting promising early-stage data for a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
The biopharma company announced data from Phase I of its Phase I/II placebo-controlled trial of its vaccine with and without Matrix-M adjuvant. The trial was conducted in healthy adults 18 to 59 years of age.
The vaccin...
Source: COVID-19 Symptoms Aug 06, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Symptoms: A new survey identified dozens of potential long-term coronavirus symptoms that had previously been unreported, including hair loss.
The new research was conducted by a Dr Natalie Lambert, a doctor from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the grassroots COVID-19 survivor group using a social media poll. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e8b5f63562c0...
Medical Journals: In the last seven months, as result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount studies, research and clinical trials has greatly accelerated as scientist around the world are rushing to find more about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, its genomic elements, its pathogenesis, treatments and cures.
Unfortunately while have lots of honest and credible researchers and research ins...
COVID-19 Updates: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infects the respiratory tract and in severe cases, the infection can result in lung failure, which necessitates the use of mechanical ventilation. In addition, these patients develop further complications, such as pulmonary embolisms or thromboses (clots) in their veins. Whether or not virus-associated respiratory failure is functionally related to the ...
Source: COVID-19 Research Aug 06, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Research: Researchers from Uppsala University-Sweden have found the presence, throughout the human body, of the enzyme ACE2. This is thought to be the key protein used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus for host cell entry and development of the disease COVID-19. In contrast to previous studies, the study shows that no or very little ACE2 protein is present in the normal respiratory system. The resu...
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have now identified a protein called histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) as the orchestrator of the immune system's inflammation response to infection. By using both specially cultured cells and small animal models, HDAC3 was found to be directly involved in the production of agents that ...
COVID-19 Latest: Whatever we know about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes is changing rapidly day by day. Just when it was thought that we have discovered the way the virus works and how to possibly deal with it, a new opposing facet turns up often, dispelling all previous perceptions.
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim thousands of lives around the...
Source: COVID-19 Antibodies Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Antibodies: Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna-Austria in an attempt to develop a test to determine whether COVID-19 patients develop protective antibodies after having the disease came across a shocking discovery in that there were certain antibodies that actually help the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus by enhancing its ability to bind to the ACE receptors even better.
Th...
Source: COVID-19 World News Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 World News: Contrary to what some morons are saying that the COVID-19 crisis is improving in the United States, 1,304 deaths due to the COVID-19 disease and 53,858 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours and more than 22,310 patients are now in critical conditions nationwide.
A total of 156,812 Americans have now died from the COVID-19 disease and more are expected to j...
Source: Gout And Arthritis Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
Gout and Arthritis: According to an analysis published in the Journal: Arthritis & Rheumatology, the prevalence of gout; a form of arthritis characterized by severe pain, redness, and tenderness in joints has increased across the world at an alarming rate from 1990 to 2017 and is still increasing exponentially. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/art.41404
The research ...
Source: COVID-19 Supplements Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Supplements: There is growing mounting evidence of the usage of Vitamin D to prevent severity of COVID-19 disease and now even as a prophylaxis to lower the risk of even contracting COVID-19.
The latest report published in the journal: Lancet by researchers from the London School Of Medicine and Dentistry -Queen Mary University Of London and School Of Clinical Medicine-University...
Source: COVID-19 Mutation Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Mutation: Genomic researchers from Karolinska Institutet-Sweden and the Federal University of Santa Catarina-Brazil have identified a novel mutation in a strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) obtained from a patient in Stockholm, Sweden, in late April.
The research findings are published on a preprint server and are currently undergoing peer revie...
Source: COVID-19 Immunology Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Immunology: A new study led by researchers from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) indicates that memory helper T cells that recognize common cold coronaviruses also recognize matching sites on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
According to the research paper, the immune system's 'memory' T cells keep track of the viruses they have seen before...
Souce: COVID-19 Antibodies Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Antibodies: The United States has begun late stage clinical trials into a drug formulated to fight COVID-19, officials said Tuesday.
The drug is an antibody against the new coronavirus called LY-CoV555, which was identified in the blood sample of a recovered patient by Canada's Abcellera Biologics.
The identified antibody was then developed synthetically for&...
Source: COVID-19 Treatments Aug 05, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Treatments: According to researchers Brazil, photodynamic therapy can be an efficient ally to combat secondary infections in COVID-19 patients.
Utilization of the technique, which combines light and a photosensitizing chemical substance to kill microorganisms in the respiratory tract, is advocated as a complementary treatment in a feature published in Photodiagnosis and Phot...
Head Lice: A novel prescription head lice treatment, developed by University of Melbourne Associate Professor Dr Vern Bowles, has been given Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, allowing it to be sold in the U.S.
The new treatment, Xeglyze, was developed by Hatchtech, an Australian pharmaceutical company and will be commercialised by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.
Hugh Alsop, ...
Source: Australia COVID-19 News Aug 04, 2020 3 years ago
Australia COVID-19 News: To date a total of about 18,730 Australians have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and 232 Australians have died from it. A total of 452 new cases was reported in the last 24 hours with majority of them being from the state of Victoria.
It is also reported than more than 1,100 Australian healthcare workers from Victoria have been infected with the SARS...
Source: COVID-19 Questions Aug 04, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Questions: Some of you might be shocked at this question and might even think that it is a stupid question but just stop for a while….we know based on proven medical studies and research that certain viral infections caused by certain viruses can in fact lead to cancer such as the following:
-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
This virus is best known for causing mononucleosis&...
Source: COVID-19 Research Aug 04, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Research: Numerous new studies are emerging that shows high dose Vitamin C could be useful in treating COVID-19 patients after initial skepticisms by certain medical doctors and researchers linked to the big pharmaceutical companies who were most probably paying these unethical medical professionals.
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, results of an analysis published in the ...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Russia’s Minister for Health Mikhail Murashko announced that Russia is planning a nationwide program to vaccinate its population against COVID-19 starting in October. The vaccine has not yet completed clinical trials. Murashko indicated they would begin by vaccinating teachers and health care workers.
He also told the RIA state news agency that while in t...
Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices Aug 04, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Medical Devices: Majority of the critical care facilities around the world are on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Intubation is necessary to maintain many critical patients in the ICU, but too often obtaining an airway proves to be challenging.
In certain patients, intubation can take over a minute or more, potentially leading to serious consequences and also subj...
COVID-19 Rehab: With official figures showing that almost 18.5 million individuals infected with the COVID-19 disease and tens of millions more asymptomatic individuals and infected people who have yet to be tested, the medical and healthcare sectors worldwide is expected to be overwhelmed not only to deal with individuals getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the short term symptom...
Sports Medicine: Researchers from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education have discovered that a type of asthma drug, known as ß2-agonists, can boost sprint and strength performance in athletes who don't have the respiratory condition.
Their research findings have been published in the British Journal of Spo...
COVID-19 Latest: Researchers from the University of Kent-UK, Goethe University-Germany and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology-Germany have identified Transferrin as potential contributor to COVID-19 severity.
The research findings are published in the journal: Diagnostics. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/10/8/539
Transferrins are glycoproteins found in ve...
WHO: The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a "silver bullet" for the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines.
Instead the WHO urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask in order to suppress the pandemi...
COVID-19 Latest: Researchers from the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic-Ohio and Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at University of Buffalo in a new study show that the novel coronavirus can bring on a variety of neuromuscular conditions in patients who previously had none, and that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can exacerbate symptoms in patients with preexisting conditions ...
Source: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Aug 03, 2020 3 years ago
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: According a new study by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen, women in their 30s and 40s with a common condition affecting how the ovaries work are more likely to get heart disease. The condition is known as polycystic ovary syndrome.
The research findings were published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiol...
Source: COVID-19 Research Aug 03, 2020 3 years ago
COVID-19 Research: According to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the immune system’s oldest branches, called complement, may be influencing the severity of COVID-19 disease.
Interestingly among other findings linking complement to COVID, the researchers found that people with age-related macular degeneration; a disorder c...
Source: U.S. COVID-19 News Aug 03, 2020 3 years ago
U.S. COVID-19 News: America has now emerged as one of the worst managed countries in terms of the COVID-19 crisis despite formerly being the leader in scientific and medical advancements. In terms of the way that the COVID-19 crisis is being managed, the US is now on par as some of the third world countries and its credibility in terms of being a medical industry leader is now being questioned.
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