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Monoclonal antibody treatment combo reduces hospitalization among high-risk patients with COVID-19

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In an observational study, Mayo Clinic researchers report that the combination of casirivimab and imdevimab ― two monoclonal antibody treatments under Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization...

Hawaii researchers: Vaccine candidate for filoviruses shows promise

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have demonstrated the efficacy of multiple shelf-stable vaccine candidates targeting...

Oxford study: Vaccines still effective against Delta variant

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Obtaining two vaccine doses remains the most effective way to ensure protection against the COVID-19 Delta variant of concern dominant in the UK today, according to a study from...

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COVID-19: Delta variant doubles risk of hospitalization compared to alpha variant, according to study

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 People infected with the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant have approximately double the risk of hospitalisation compared with those infected with the alpha variant, a study of more than...

COVID-19 transmission: Most contagious 2 days before and 3 days after symptoms appear, according to study

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Each wave of the pandemic has underscored just how gravely contagious COVID-19 is, but there is less clarity among experts on exactly when—and to what extent—infected individuals...

Immune Response to COVID-19 May Be Proportional to Illness Severity, Duration

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People who have had severe or long-lasting cases of COVID-19 are more likely to have high levels of an important antibody needed to fight against future infection, according to a Rutgers study. The findings were...

Potential Overuse of Antibiotics Found in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

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Only 21 percent of patients with severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) have a documented bacterial superinfection at the time of intubation, resulting in potential overuse...

COVID-19 in the UK: 11% caught the infection in hospital during the first pandemic wave

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More than one in ten COVID-19 patients in 314 UK hospitals caught the infection in hospital during the first pandemic wave say researchers conducting the world’s largest study of severe COVID-19. The...

Cholesterol medication, Fenofibrate, could reduce SARS-CoV-2 infection by up to 70 per cent: UK study

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A licensed drug normally used to treat abnormal levels of fatty substances in the blood could reduce infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 70 per cent, reveals a study in the laboratory by...

New strain of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) plague emerged in an outbreak in rural Madagascar: Study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague – the...