FDA approves Pfizer Covid drug for high-risk adults

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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 […]

Right-Wing Doctors Keep Peddling Dubious COVID Drugs

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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 […]

New at-home test can detect both COVID and the flu

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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 […]

You asked, we answered: Is syncope a symptom of COVID?

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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 […]

Psychedelics could treat long COVID, but experts say proceed with caution

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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?

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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 […]

Concerns about exercise as a treatment for long COVID

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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 […]

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