In many areas of the U.S. and around the world, people are being told to stay home and avoid travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, travel restrictions may not apply to employees of critical industries, such as trucking, public health professionals, financial services, and food supply. So what should someone do if they develop […]
Doctor describes how coronavirus ‘covers the insides of lungs in slime’ that suffocates the respiratory air sacs Researchers performed two autopsies on coronavirus patients, including a 77-year-old man from Oklahoma The examination revealed a thick coating inside his lungs that resembled slime or paint It caused airway inflammation and damage to the alveoli – the […]
The race for a COVID-19 vaccine is on, and as the disease continues to upend societies around the world, public health officials are calling upon pharmaceutical companies to share their intellectual property—a move that could speed up research and make any eventual treatment more widely (and easily) accessible, says Northeastern law professor Brook Baker. Sharing […]
A mum who was ‘obsessed’ with food and drank five litres of cola a day has lost more than a third of her body weight after doctors told her ‘diet or die’. Kelly McCracken reached a size 28 and weighed 20 stone after getting hooked on drinking Coke and eating junk food for most meals. […]
Swift and strict containment measures in California appear to have succeeded in reducing hospital overcrowding and mass deaths from coronavirus, according to health experts in the country’s most populous state. California, one of the first states struck by the deadly disease, has been under lockdown for nearly four weeks. During that time its confirmed case […]
Currently, there’s no scientific evidence that establishes living with HIV as an increased risk factor for COVID-19. Some HIV medications are being used in clinical trials to see whether they can combat SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. So far, not enough information is known about how effective these drugs could be as COVID-19 treatments. […]
Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S., but it’s still a long road to prove if they’ll really work. China’s CanSino Biologics is beginning the second phase of testing its vaccine candidate, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology said Tuesday. In the U.S., a […]
An active immune system plays an important role in stopping cancer progression by identifying tumor cells and targeting them for destruction. Any deviation in the normal activities of the immune system could lead to accelerated tumor growth. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers wanted to determine how myeloid cells, a type of immune cell, contribute to the […]
(HealthDay)—Women born by cesarean delivery may have a higher risk for being obese and developing type 2 diabetes during adult life than women born by vaginal delivery, according to a study published online April 13 in JAMA Network Open. Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, […]
Immunocompromised is a broad term reflecting the fact someone’s immune system isn’t as strong and balanced as it should be. Because immunocompromised people’s immune systems are defective or ineffective, they’re unable to stop invasion and colonisation by foreign intruders, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. An under-performing immune response leaves people susceptible to infection, […]
