Conventional PCR tests work by testing for the presence of viral fragments. While they can tell if someone has recently had the virus, they cannot detect whether it is still active, and the person is infectious. The test used in the latest study however gives a positive result only when the...
New county COVID-19 dashboard focuses on long-term care... By Ray Miller-Still • May 8, 2020 2:30 pm The dashboard shows which facilities have reported the most deaths, as well as what symptoms and co-morbidities patients reported. Read Story...
Furthermore, mavrilimumab was recently used to treat severe COVID-19 pneumonia based on the idea that inhibition of GM-CSF could reduce the hyperinflammation caused by the virus [153]. As a result, these inhibitors could be employed to treat both the chronic articular pattern and the systemic...
One piece of research suggested babies born to COVID-positive, unvaccinated mothers had a 20.3% risk of neurodevelopmental delay by age, compared to 5.9% of babies whose mothers did not catch COVID while pregnant. Given emerging research the virus may carry...
Resuming some of the until now identified main features of the new SARS-CoV-2 and of its corresponding disease coined as COVID 19: The latter reflects the height of the power of the new virus, a favorable mutation to achieve its ultimate goal, by which it can spread in a silent and su...
After testing positive for COVID, how long are you contagious? How long you should isolate to prevent others from getting sick depends on your level of symptoms. For asymptomatic to mild cases, the CDC recommendsisolating for five days, not including the day you test positive or when sympto...
The risk/reward balance for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is "still largely positive," the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. "There's no evidence that the benefit-risk assessment for the vaccine needs to be changed," Rogerio Pinto de Sa Gaspar, the WHO'...
Sanjeev Dimri, a microbiologist at the Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, said "in my opinion, people in India had become complacent after taking two doses of vaccines and started flouting COVID-19 norms. Most of these cases were asymptomatic and spread to others, particularly when the ...
What if I still test positive on RAT on day 6 or 7? Data on the omicron outbreak suggests rapid antigen tests (RATs) may not detect COVID until at least two days afterexposure to the virus. And theTherapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)says RATs are not as accurate if you do not have...
WASHINGTON (AP) — US proposes gradual rollout of free COVID-19 vaccines, most requiring 2 doses, as public remains skeptical about safety.