Category: Treatment
BA.2.75.2 and BQ.1.1 approaching SARS-1 levels of escape
A new Twitter thread out today from Yunlong Cao gives further details about the variants BA.2.75 and BQ.1.1. More...
Pfizer CEO fighting his second Covid infection in 5 weeks
Pfizer CEO and Chairman Albert Bourla: “I have tested positive for COVID.” More...
Preprint: Reevaluation of antibody-dependent enhancement for SARS-CoV-2 treatments
A new preprint looking at the evidence for antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) is getting a LOT of attention online – we link to it below so that you can read it for yourself. More...
Monkeypox: More than 64,000 cases reported worldwide
More than 64,000 cases of Monkeypox have been recorded globally since the outbreak began in May 2022. More...
Research: Remdesivir-induced emergence of SARS-CoV2 variants in patients with prolonged infection
“Remdesivir treatment can increase intra-host genomic diversity and result in the emergence of novel major variant species harboring fixed mutations,”. More...
Research: Nasal saline irrigation reduces severity in high-risk COVID patients
SARS-CoV-2 positive participants initiating nasal irrigation were over 8 times less likely to be hospitalized than the national rate. More...
BA.2.75.2 “exhibits more extreme antibody escape than any variant we’ve seen so far”
Two preprints have been published over the last few days that give more details about the Omicron BA.2.75.2 sublineage. More...
Long Covid: Petition calls on Germany to expedite BC007 clinical trials
A new petition on Change.org calls on the German government to expedite clinical trials for BC007, a promising potential treatment for Long COVID. More...
Research: Paxlovid of no benefit to the under-65’s
“Among patients 65 years of age or older, the rates of hospitalization and death due to Covid-19 were significantly lower among those who received nirmatrelvir than among those who did not. More...
Monkeypox: Anecdotal evidence of reinfection within three weeks
An anecdotal report from Reddit of someone who may have become reinfected with monkeypox within three weeks of his first infection, although an uncleared persistent infection is also a possibility. More...