Category: Treatment
70% of patients hospitalised with coronavirus haven’t fully recovered five months later
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID study today. More...
25% of coronavirus patients in Uppsala, Sweden are in intensive care
“It will get worse before it gets better.” The words are from the chief physician Magnus von Seth, who sees up close how the third wave strikes with force against Uppsala, Sweden.
Danish professor: Wrong vaccine technique can trigger coronavirus vaccine blood clots
Is it really the way in which the AstraZeneca vaccines have been given that has triggered the deadly blood clots in several people in Europe? More...
Denmark’s SSI recommends changes to syringe injection method for coronavirus vaccines
“Usually one does not need to aspirate before injecting a vaccine. More...
Acriflavine, a clinically aproved drug, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and other betacoronaviruses
We show that acriflavine inhibits viral replication at nanomolar concentration in cellular models, in vivo in mice and ex vivo in human airway epithelia, with broad range activity against SARS-CoV-2 and other betacoronaviruses. More...
Progesterone therapy may improve coronavirus outcomes for men
Clinical Trial at Cedars-Sinai Suggests Injections of Female Hormone May Reduce Disease Severity in Certain Male Patients
COVID-19 disproportionately affects men compared with women, raising the possibility that a hormone like progesterone may improve clinical outcomes for certain hospitalized men with the disease. More...
Young people’s mental health deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic
Swedish reports and surveys clearly show that young people’s mental health is negatively affected during the coronavirus pandemic.
Swedish Karolinska Institutute’s coronavirus vaccine must be given with an electric shock
The DNA coronavirus vaccine that is being developed at Karolinska Institutet will be given together with a small electric shock in the arm, which will ensure that the DNA-based vaccine reaches its destination.
The South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants can now infect mice
Here we show that unlike the initial virus, VOCs are able to infect common laboratory mice, replicating to high titers in the lungs. More...
Aspirin use was associated with a 44% reduction in mechanical ventilation, a 43% reduction in ICU admission, and a 47% reduction for in-hospital mortality
Low-dose aspirin can reduce the risk of ICU admission and death of Covid-19, researchers say
The team looked at the records of 412 patients admitted to several US hospitals between March and July 2020. More...