Expressions of loneliness and depression from emergency medicine doctors increased consistently on social media as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, according to a new JAMA Network Open study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Using artificial intelligence to process Twitter […]
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Tweets showed increasing loneliness among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19: Study
Positive and Negative Language Sentiment Across Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Graph shows z scores for positive and negative emotions over time. Solid lines denote mean values, and shaded areas denote 95% CIs. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12708 Expressions of loneliness and depression from emergency medicine doctors increased […]
siRNA as a COVID-19 Treatment
Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School have developed a small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology that is stable enough for inhalation into the lungs, where it can potentially treat diseases as diverse as asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, and viral infections such as COVID-19. siRNA is not typically stable enough to survive for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
No organ transplants without a COVID-19 vaccine? 2 sue Michigan Medicine over policy
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Unexpected Ineffectiveness of BCG Vaccine Against COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers
The international BRACE trial, investigating the BCG vaccine’s efficacy against COVID-19, has found it does not reduce healthcare workers’ risk of contracting the disease. Future studies will explore the vaccine’s influence on other infections and COVID-19 vaccine responses. The international BRACE trial, investigating the BCG vaccine’s efficacy against COVID-19, has […]
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 […]
Arrival of COVID-19 antiviral medicine helps bolster Indonesia’s COVID-19 response
The donation supported by the Governments of Australia and the United States of America through WHO helps COVID-19 patients to access COVID-19 therapeutics Jakarta, 13 April 2023 – The Ministry of Health has received a shipment of the oral antiviral medicine nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (PAXLOVID™) funded by the Governments of Australia and […]
Trial shows two investigational drugs are ineffective for treating severe COVID-19
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Despite the success of vaccines for preventing COVID-19, and of drugs for treating the disease, outcomes for severely ill patients admitted to the hospital remains poor. Identifying new therapies for severe COVID-19 remains a high priority and one in which Vanderbilt University Medical Center is taking […]
COVID-19 oral meds market good pill to swallow
In December, Henan province-based Genuine Biotech Co Ltd announced that its drug was approved for clinical trials for the prevention of COVID-19 in the Philippines. The drug was the first globally approved COVID-19 oral drug made in China.[Photo/VCG] Eyeing the huge market potential, pharmaceutical enterprises are ramping up efforts to […]
Making COVID-19 treatments more effective and
image: Bingfang Yan, PhD, DVM. view more Credit: Photo/Colleen Kelley/UC Marketing + Brand When approaching a task, members of a team need to work in synergy. Nothing can be accomplished if you’re pulling in different directions. The same is true for drugs. Even if they work well on their own, drugs […]
No clear association between Paxlovid and COVID-19 rebound, FDA says
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis did not find a clear association between the COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid and illness rebound, the FDA said in a new report. Rebound rates are around the same in people who took the drug and those who didn’t, the study said. It’s the […]
Covid-19 drug now free of charge
Public Health Ministry staff check bottles of the antiviral drug molnupiravir at a warehouse in Samut Prakan in March last year. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard) The anti-viral drug molnupiravir has been included in the list of essential medications covered by the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (Ucep) Plus scheme, according to […]
A new class of drugs could prevent resistant COVID-19 variants, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The constant evolution of new COVID-19 variants makes it critical for clinicians to have multiple therapies in their arsenal for treating drug-resistant infections. Researchers have now discovered that a new class of oral drugs that acts directly on human cells can inhibit a diverse range of […]
Insilico Medicine to commence trials of ISM3312 for Covid-19
The trial will explore ISM3312’s safety and efficacy in different subgroups of patients with Covid-19. Credit: 21c CMM on Unsplash. Insilico Medicine has announced plans to commence clinical trials of its orally available 3CLpro inhibitor ISM3312 in China for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The latest move comes after the […]
Antiviral treatment cuts covid-19 hospitalisation rate in half
A treatment called pegylated interferon lambda shows good efficacy against the omicron strain of the coronavirus and in people who have been vaccinated, unlike some other antivirals Health 8 February 2023 By Clare Wilson Antiviral injections can treat covid-19 Frank Nowikowski/Alamy A new antiviral medicine for covid-19, given as an […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid in short supply in China
When Li’s 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident became anxious about finding a treatment for COVID-19 in case his parent had caught the virus sweeping the city. He heard at that time that Pfizer’s anti-viral drug Paxlovid was an effective […]