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Data: Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 18 hours agoTaking the SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) 3 to 5 days after COVID-19...
New UV air disinfection technology could help protect against health care infections, possibly the...
Medical Xpress· 12 hours agoIn the face of a persistent global pandemic, disinfectants are more important than ever. Airborne ...
Global health groups propose new terminology for pathogens that spread through the air
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 7 days agoWell into the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and ...Prevention (CDC) were...
Deforestation pushes animals in Uganda forest to eat virus-laden bat poo
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor just over six months, researchers collected samples of guano from the tree hollow the animals...
Study sheds new light on cross-species virus spillovers that can cause pandemics
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe paper "Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses" was...
Optimal timing maximizes Paxlovid benefits for treating COVID-19
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoResearchers have described the optimal timing for COVID-19 patients to take the antiviral, Paxlovid, to get the most benefit from the treatment, according to a study published April 16 in eLife ...
Common antibiotic may be helpful in fighting respiratory viral infections
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoA team led by Yale's Akiko Iwasaki and former Yale researcher Charles Dela Cruz successfully tested the effectiveness of neomycin, a common antibiotic, to prevent or treat respiratory viral ...
UK virtually ends free vaccines as COVID-19 continues to spread
World Socialist Web Site· 3 days agoConsequently, the SARS-COV-2 virus still infects tens of thousands weekly, leading to hundreds of...
A village and a virus, four years on
Yellow Springs News· 2 weeks agoOn April 18, 2020, Huntington, aged 50, was the first Yellow Springs resident to die from COVID-19. According to the most recent data from the Centers...