Pfizer-BioNTech The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (brand name: Comirnaty) was granted full Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in August 2021 for people ages 16 and older. Before that, it was the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) back in December 2020, after the company reported that its […]
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FDA approves Pfizer Covid drug for high-risk adults
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill, Paxlovid, for adults who are at high risk of getting severely sick with the virus. Paxlovid is specifically advised for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid in adults older than 50 and people who […]
FDA Approves Pfizer’s Paxlovid for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adults
The FDA has approved the Pfizer’s nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged as Paxlovid, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults who are at high risk for disease progression to severe COVID-19, including hospital or death. This marks the fourth drug, and first oral antiviral pill, approved by the […]
FDA Approves First Oral Antiviral Drug for COVID-19
The FDA has granted full approval to nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) for treating adult outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for severe disease, the agency announced on Thursday. “Today’s approval demonstrates that Paxlovid has met the agency’s rigorous standards for safety and effectiveness, and that it remains an […]
Right-Wing Doctors Keep Peddling Dubious COVID Drugs
Julie Moore keeps an orange plastic bottle on her desk in Gas City, Indiana, with 14 round white pills. The other 21, she says, killed her father. Moore remembers laughing when she first heard on the news that people were taking ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used as a livestock […]
What COVID-19 variants are going around in May 2023?
Get the latest COVID-19 news from infectious diseases expert Mark Rupp, MD, including COVID-19 case rates, types of variants circulating and vaccine updates. There are currently more than 11,037 cases reported in the United States per day, with test positivity of 5.3%. When test positivity is above 5%, transmission is […]
Physical Medicine Academy Issues Guidance on Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms
Clinicians need to evaluate new or worsening neurologic symptoms of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) and treat or refer them to specialists when appropriate, according to new guidance from the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R). Neurologic symptoms related to PASC — commonly known as long COVID […]
How have emergency medicine physicians’ social media content and language changed during COVID-19, and can they provide insight into physician well-being?
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers analyzed Twitter content uploaded by academic emergency medicine (EM) physicians and resident physicians to assess changes in language and content as indicators of their emotional well-being during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study: Investigating Social Media to Evaluate Emergency Medicine […]
New at-home test can detect both COVID and the flu
The development of at-home testing continues to evolve in accuracy and reliability. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently authorized the first molecular at-home test with the ability to detect both influenza and COVID-19 viruses. The Lucira™ Check It COVID-19 Test is a single-use kit. Available over the counter (without […]
Sleep apnea and a chronic condition raise long Covid risk
CNN — Adults who have obstructive sleep apnea have up to an 75% increased risk, on average, of developing long Covid after a SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with people without sleep apnea, a new study found. Women with obstructive sleep apnea had up to an 89% increased risk, while men had […]
How to stay safe as the COVID public health emergency ends
Ready or not, it’s over. The country’s public health emergency touched off in January 2020 by the sudden appearance of a novel coronavirus formally enters the history books when the day ends Thursday. It’s not a cause for jubilation, considering that the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than […]
You asked, we answered: Is syncope a symptom of COVID?
Question: Can COVID cause syncope? Answered by internal medicine doctor Andrew Vasey, MD Syncope is the medical term for fainting or passing out. Generally, this condition arises when you have a sudden, temporary decrease in blood flow to your brain. Many syncopal occurrences are benign and result from a short-term […]
No organ transplants without a COVID-19 vaccine? 2 sue Michigan Medicine over policy
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Long Covid patients abandon Stanford Medicine study on infection after staff stop wearing masks
Long COVID patients enrolled in a study at Stanford University have walked out because the staff were not wearing masks while tending to them. The participants were enrolled in a clinical study into whether the drug Paxlovid works to reduce the symptoms of long COVID. Over the course of the […]
New COVID drug appears to guard against all variants in people with weak immune systems
A new antibody drug to help fight COVID-19 infection in immune-compromised people may be available by the end of the year. AstraZeneca said Thursday that its treatment, called AZD3152, appears to work in all variants to date, potentially providing necessary armor for immunocompromised people whose vaccinations have not given them […]
Impact of COVID on Hospital Drug Expenditures Continued in 2022
Hospital drug spending dips 5.2%; overall price increases stay below inflation BETHESDA, Md., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The sudden drop in use of the COVID treatment remdesivir was the main cause of a 5.2% dip in drug spending for hospitals last year compared to 2021, according to the American […]
Global COVID-19 Competitive Landscape Report 2023: Comprehensive Insights on 400+ Companies and 500+ Drugs
Company Logo Dublin, April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “COVID-19 – Competitive Landscape, 2023” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This “COVID-19 – Competitive landscape, 2023” report provides comprehensive insights about 400+ companies and 500+ drugs in COVID-19 Competitive landscape. It covers the therapeutics assessment by product type, […]
Antibody Combination Provided Strong Protection Against Severe COVID-19 in Large International Trial | Newsroom
A treatment combining two antibodies against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 strongly protected high-risk people with early COVID-19 symptoms from hospitalization and death in an international Phase 2/3 clinical trial conducted in the first half of 2021 and co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. The trial, described in a […]
Disappointing Outcome
By Michael Haederle | April 21, 2023 UNM Researchers Help Determine That Two Potential COVID Therapies are Ineffective in Humans Scientists naturally love to publish accounts of their successful discoveries, but when it comes to testing the effectiveness of new drugs, sharing negative results is often just as important as […]
FDA Still Struggles to Inspect Foreign Drug Manufacturers After COVID Delays
This story was originally published by ProPublica. For years, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have relied on drugs produced overseas to meet Americans’ medical needs. And for years, it’s been clear that federal drug regulators couldn’t keep up with inspections of the plants that made those drugs. But a series of recent […]