The rapid global spread of CoViD19, high transmissibility, and the threat of complications, especially in the high-risk patients with cardiometabolic diseases, and chronic respiratory diseases, have prompted the researchers, clinicians, and scientific community to aggressively explore several effective and...
Doxycycline: a new treatment option for COVID-19Dear Sir, Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease which is caused by SARS-CoV2 virus. It is one of the biggest single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses. SARS-CoV2 RNA dependent RN......
The FDA will likely approve more COVID-19 treatments as time passes, but the most effective treatment for COVID-19 remains the same: never getting the virus at all. Currently, the FDA has authorized several highly effective vaccinations that can prevent COVID-19 infection. With safety measures...
the virus that causes COVID-19, and prevent it from attaching to human cells. While these monoclonal antibody therapies have been used to treat COVID-19 since late 2020, some treatments have become less effective or ineffective as COVID
In addition, the FDA (Pixel Covid-19 test) approved a LabCorp COVID-19 at-home testing kit for emergency use. What are treatment options for COVID-19 infections? Fortunately, to date (January 2021), there is now an antiviral drug and vaccines to treat this infection. Symptom relief and...
"As COVID-19 can cause severe illness in children, some of whom do not currently have a vaccination option, there continues to be a need for safe and effective COVID-19 treatment options for this population," said Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Re...
ARDS is a highly inflammatory state hallmarked by airway damage, respiratory failure and increased risk of death. Treatment options for COVID-19 patients who have ARDS are particularly limited. AAT is a naturally occurring human protein produced by the liver and released into the bloodstream which ...
In addition to the FDA's work to expedite preventative and therapeutic options, the agency is engaged in a public-private partnership with the National Institutes of Health and others to speed the development of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options. The Accelerating COVID...
SARS-CoV2 infection; prevention; treatment; immune system; outbreak1. Introduction The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly infectious pneumonia recently recognized as “pandemic” by the WHO [1]. Mysterious COVID-19 pneumonia was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China,...
What are the treatment options for COVID-19? There are several, and which one is best depends on how sick someone is. For example, steroids such as dexamethasone can lower the risk of dying for severely ill patients. But they may do the opposite for those who are only mildly ill. ...