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Food and Drug Administration
advisory committee (US FDA) unanimously recommend the third shots to people age
65 and older and those at a high risk of suffering from severe illness if they
get the coronavirus.
Rejected a proposal to distribute
booster/third shots of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to the General Public. RemoveA...
This WHO Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline now includes two recommendations regarding the combination of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, Casirivimab and Imdevimab: a conditional recommendation in favour of use in non-severe patients (the condition being patients’ risk of severe disease: patients at highest risk represent good candidat...
This Practice Advisory was
developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’
Immunization, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Preparedness Expert Work
Group.The American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant
individuals should have access to COVID-19 vaccines.
While limited, cu...
Having a comprehensive
understanding of the transmission patterns of SARS-CoV-2
is necessary for the successful implementation of these public health
measures.For example, obtaining
information about when individuals with SARS-CoV-2 are most likely to spread
the virus may guide decisions about the duration of contact tracing an...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges in management and
follow-up in common respiratory diseases such as asthma.
This review will discuss the current recommendations regarding asthma and
COVID-19 based on best available evidence at this time. RemoveAvailable Brand
Patients with asthma were considered to be at elevated risk early in
the COVID-19 pandemic. The study showed that physical
activity was less in patients with asthma. However, the groups had similar
fear, perceived stress, and quality of life. Total physical activity level,
vigorous physical activity level, and walking score of patients wit...
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONSCOVID-19 infections among
practicing dentists will likely remain low if dentists continue to adhere to
guidance.The researchers found that 99.7%
of the dentists had implemented enhanced infection prevention and control
procedures, including -disinfecting all equipment and
surfaces that are commonly touched, checking staff...
In India, COVID-19 patients are developing a rare but fatal
fungal infection, called "black fungus."
Two cases of black fungus have been detected at BIRDEM
Hospital in patients who have recovered from Covid-19.According to an advisory issued by the Indian Council of
Medical Research the following conditions in Covid-19 patients increase the...
Probiotics are live
microorganisms that confer health benefits when consumed in adequate amounts,
including enhanced immune activity and the clearance of respiratory tract
infections. (FAO and WHO, UN).
Probiotics could be used as an
adjunctive treatment against COVID-19.Role of probiotics to
combat COVID-19It is evident that probiotics ca...
Causes of chronic productive cough
A chronic ‘productive’ or ‘wet’ cough is a common presenting complaint for patients.The definition of a “chronic productive cough” was considered to be a cough regularly leading to the expectoration of sputum with the same duration as the standard definition of chronic cough i.e. more than 8 weeks....
South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca
vaccine on hold after a study showed "disappointing" results against
its new Covid variant.
Scientists say the variant accounts for 90% of new Covid
cases in South Africa.
The trial, involving some 2,000 people, found
that the vaccine offered "minim...
Coronaviruses—by the very nature
of their RNA-based genome—have an intrinsically higher rate of mutation than
DNA-based viruses. That said, they manifest a lower rate of mutation than
influenza viruses due to the presence of genetic code for an enzyme that
corrects some transcription errors.
Mutations naturally arise during
viral replicati...
