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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Psychedelics could treat long COVID, but experts say proceed with caution
You’re not tripping. Psychedelics could remedy long COVID symptoms, some scientists are saying. LSD (“acid”) and psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient found in “magic” mushrooms, are the latest drugs to show promising results in COVID-19 patients with excruciating and persistent symptoms, according to a Time report. Shortness of breath, fatigue, brain fog, […]
You think you have long COVID: What now?
Since COVID-19 became the world’s most far-reaching modern pandemic, long COVID has affected a significant number of people: As of January 2023, a survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that 28% of the people it surveyed either have had long COVID or still have it. This crisis spurred the […]
Hope for long COVID treatment breakthrough after study’s ‘really positive’ findings | UK News
An experimental drug could significantly reduce fatigue in people with long COVID, a new study suggests. Scientists who carried out the small-scale clinical trial believe the drug, called AXA1125, may increase energy production in cells and reduce inflammation for people fighting the virus and its aftereffects. They are calling for […]
Concerns about exercise as a treatment for long COVID
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here Women in Lamu Island, Kenya — home to a Swahili coast settlement that dates to the medieval period.Credit: Michael Heffernan/Getty Genomes point to the diverse origins of Swahili culture, with people […]
University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers launch trial for new COVID vaccine for children
Colorado researchers launch trial for new COVID vaccine for children Colorado researchers launch trial for new COVID vaccine for children 01:43 Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine are enlisting families for a new COVID vaccine trial. While many of the signs we used to see linked to […]
For long Covid patients who lost their taste or smell, a new treatment offers hope
A numbing procedure usually used to treat pain and post-traumatic stress disorder is being tested as a way to restore smell and taste in people with long Covid. It’s called a stellate ganglion block. In the procedure, a doctor uses a temporary, local anesthetic — like what a dentist would […]
Deadly drug-resistant yeast gained ground, more drug resistance amid COVID
Enlarge / The director of Germany’s National Reference Centre for Invasive Fungal Infections holds a petri dish containing the yeast Candida auris in a laboratory at Wuerzburg University. A deadly, drug-resistant fungus emerging in the US gained ground faster and picked up yet more drug resistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
COVID survivor paints portraits of health care workers to honor them after saving his life: “I felt like I was taking my last breaths”
In the days after America locked down, Adam Espinoza got sick. “I felt like I was taking my last breaths,” the Reunion father of two said. He was experiencing flu-like symptoms and trouble breathing. Adam’s wife, Tritia, rushed him to the Platte Valley Emergency Room in Brighton, but she couldn’t […]
Doctors push ivermectin use for flu, RSV after it failed to treat covid
February 26, 2023 at 2:20 p.m. EST A mask owned by Alison Lafferty shows support for ivermectin. (David Ryder for The Washington Post) Comment on this story Comment First, the group of doctors championed ivermectin as a covid panacea. It failed to live up to the hype. Now, they’re promoting […]