Posts published in “COVID-19”

After a brief dip in March 2020, the proportion of people who received one or more inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions returned to pre-pandemic levels by the…

The findings suggest that the antiviral can prevent over 90% of viral replication if given at the optimal time, the authors say.

The WHO guidelines recommend 10 therapeutics or medications, but national guidelines recommended 1 to 22 therapeutics. 

Less socially connected adults may have been accustomed to coping on their own, the authors say.

The authors of the study say the findings are reassuring for the short term but may mean behavioral and development pediatric care will be strained…

The researchers say that policy effectiveness may depend on policy implementation and compliance.

Wastewater COVID detections declined to the minimal level and are highest in the Midwest. 

The group steered away from defined cutoff points such as “droplets” and “aerosols” that scientists have used to distinguish larger particles from smaller particles.

For critical illness VE was 38% if the last dose was received any time within the previous year.

The findings suggest that older patients with severe COVID-19 may respond more favorably to immunomodulatory therapies aimed at certain inflammatory cytokines, the authors say.