Testing of environmental surfaces in the radiation oncology clinic in a tertiary care COVID-19 referral center revealed no detectable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA, according to a research letter published online Aug. 27 in JAMA Oncology. Imraan Jan, D.O., from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues conducted a quality […]
(HealthDay)—Six percent of health care personnel (HCP) caring for patients with COVID-19 have positive test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies, according to research published in the Aug. 31 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Wesley H. Self, M.D., from the […]
A vaccine additive known as an adjuvant can enhance responses to a vaccine containing the exotic avian flu virus H5N1, so that both rookie and veteran elements of the immune response are strengthened, according to results from an Emory Vaccine Center study. The findings have implications for the effort to develop vaccines against multiple strains […]
Remdesivir: – Saving medicine, or business model? Worldwide, around eleven million infections with the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are now known. Over half a million deaths, 19, is a disease in connection with a COVID -. The international research team are still looking desperately for treatment strategies. Now the first drug for the treatment of COVID-19 has […]
What is the probability of developing more or less serious symptoms following infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus? The researchers from Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in cooperation with Lombardy Region based health institutions as well as universities in Milan and the US, calculated it in a study conducted on 4,326 Lombardy residents. The analysis, available online […]
SARS-CoV-2-associated acute kidney injury is not uncommon. Many hospitalized COVID-19 patients—as many as 80% of critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a current study—develop acute kidney injury, but without requiring dialysis in most cases. Proteinuria and hematuria are present in about half the cases. Examinations of renal tissue from deceased patients show injury to the […]
Charité-study: Severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection on blood picture The blood picture of COVID-19-Affected, which are slightly ill, differs according to a recent German study of the blood of seriously ill persons. The blood Profiles could help doctors in the future, the decision about the type of treatment. Researchers from the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and […]
Study: conjunctival infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 is unlikely A few weeks ago, experts from the USA have pointed out that the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can also cause conjunctival inflammation. Researchers from Germany, now report a study that shows that infections of the conjunctiva by the new pathogens are unlikely. The American Academy of Opthalmology (AAO) has […]
SARS-CoV-2-risk of Infection prior to symptom onset The Coronavirus SARS-COV-2 can already be transmitted before the first symptoms occur. This is a German research team demonstrated in a recent study of work. The Coronavirus-infected people are contagious before you even notice anything? This could complicate the containment of the pandemic significantly. A German study investigated […]
SARS-CoV-2: Researchers test promising vaccine on the Basis of a smallpox virus According to official Figures, have been infected worldwide, more than 4.5 million people with the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The spread of the new pathogen to contain, is set, especially on “social distancing”. According to a model study, the social Isolation would have to be […]
