Shivanjali Shankaran, MD, an infectious disease specialist at RUSH, said about 5.6% of people who took Paxlovid in a study reported changes in the taste of their mouth, or what she called "dysgeusia." Chicago's top doctor said the unpleasant taste typically disappear...
Currently, the FDA has authorized several highly effective vaccinations that can prevent COVID-19 infection. With safety measures like vaccination and social distancing, you can help keep yourself from needing a COVID-19 treatment. If you have questions about COVID-19 prevention or treatment, speak...
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Dr. Sarah Hochman, a hospital epidemiologist and infectious diseases physician at NYU Langone Health, said treatment is recommended for those who are at higher risk of severe illness including those who have underlying lung disease, underlying heart disease, are immunocompromised, are very youn...
A similar pattern has been seen globally, said Dr. Jason Andrews, an infectious disease expert at Stanford Medicine. Some nations reported up to a 30% decline in TB cases during the pandemic, then a recent rebound. "This is something that we've seen all over" as the COVID-19 pandemic ...
"It is devastating to tell these patients, 'Sorry, we can't do anything for you, we have to save this drug only for our most severely immunocompromised,'" Erin McCreary, an infectious diseases pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, told the Times. Monoclonal antibodies, wh...
In both cases, you could test Paxlovid, Pfizer’s highly effective antiviral, either to clear the virus in newly infected patients and prevent long-term inflammation, or to clear potential viral debris in patients already experiencing long Covid. ...
Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, told CNET it might make sense to plan your booster around respiratory pathogen season in the fall, when cases of COVID will likely rise. ...
That said, there is a general consensus on when you should consider yourself in the clear or free to go about your usual activities. Here, infectious disease experts break it all down. Meet the experts: Thomas Russo, MD, is a professor and chief of infectious diseases at the University ...
Here’s what doctors have to say about how soon most people can expect to feel better with COVID, plus which symptoms seem to linger and what you can do to recover faster. Meet the experts: Ramprasad Gopalan, MD, is a Wellington, Florida-based infectious disease physician. Eudene Harry,...