Covid-19
Britain authorizes Merck’s Molnupiravir,
the world’s first approval of oral covid-19 treatment pill. The drug is waiting
for FDA review and approval. Britain became the first country in the
world to approve a potentially game-changing Covid-19 antiviral pill jointly
developed by US drugmaker Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, i...
FDA authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech
COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID19 to include
children 5 through 11 years of age.
Key points:
Effectiveness: Immune responses of
children 5 through 11 years of age were comparable to those of individuals
16 through 25 years of age. In addition, t...
FDA authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech
COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID19 to include
children 5 through 11 years of age.
Key points:
Effectiveness: Immune responses of
children 5 through 11 years of age were comparable to those of individuals
16 through 25 years of age. In addition, t...
Antibiotics treatment for bacterial
pneumonia in adults in hospital
Antibiotic management of
suspected or confirmed bacterial pneumonia in adults in hospital during the
COVID-19 pandemic. This includes people presenting to hospital with moderate to
severe community-acquired pneumonia and people who develop pneumonia while in
hospital.COVID...
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine could
be authorized for ages 5-11 by the
end of October, according to Reuters. FDA may authorize COVID-19 vaccine for kids based on two
months of safety data. The timeline is based on the expectation that Pfizer
will have enough data from clinical trials to request FDA emergency use
authorization for the age group nea...
A new draft recommendation
relating to anticoagulation for discharged patients with COVID-19 has
been issued by the American Society of Hematology (ASH).For patients with COVID-19 who
are being discharged from the hospital and who do not have suspected or
confirmed venous thromboembolism or another indication for anticoagulation, the
ASH guide...
A new draft recommendation
relating to anticoagulation for discharged patients with COVID-19 has
been issued by the American Society of Hematology (ASH).For patients with COVID-19 who
are being discharged from the hospital and who do not have suspected or
confirmed venous thromboembolism or another indication for anticoagulation, the
ASH guide...
Covid-19 has spread and had a
profound effect on the lives and health of people around the globe.Recent evidence shows that a
range of symptoms can remain after the clearance of the acute infection in many
people who have had covid-19, and this condition is known as long covid.The National Institute for
Health and Care Excellence (NICE) defines...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
authorizes bamlanivimab and
etesevimab, administered together, to include emergency use as post-exposure
prophylaxis (prevention) for COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12
years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) who are at high risk for
progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalizat...
Association between COVID-19 and
Myocarditis Using Hospital-Based Administrative Data — United States, March
2020–January 2021
Viral infections are a common
cause of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium) that can
result in hospitalization, heart failure, and sudden death. Emerging data
suggest an association between...
Russian health officials have approved a single-dose version
of the Sputnik V vaccine. Sputnik Light has showed nearly 80 per cent efficacy
in tests.
The single dose Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 79.4%
efficacy according to analyzed data taken from 28 days after the injection was
administered as part of Russia’s mass vaccination program...
A study by the University of
Oxford, published in the journal Cell, demonstrates that currently
available vaccines, including AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, will provide
protection against the Delta (B.1.617.2) and Kappa (B1.617.1) variants;
formerly the ‘Indian’ variants.
The study, investigated the
ability of antibodies in the blood of...
