Category: Health
Myocarditis in naturally infected pets with the British variant B.1.1.7 of coronavirus
We report the first cases of infection of domestic cats and dogs by the British B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed at a specialist veterinary hospital in the South-East of England. More...
Aspirin use was associated with a 44% reduction in mechanical ventilation, a 43% reduction in ICU admission, and a 47% reduction for in-hospital mortality
Low-dose aspirin can reduce the risk of ICU admission and death of Covid-19, researchers say
The team looked at the records of 412 patients admitted to several US hospitals between March and July 2020. More...
Leprosy drug Clofazimine broadly inhibits coronavirus including SARS-CoV-2
Clofazimine, an anti-leprosy drug with a favourable safety profile, possesses pan-coronaviral inhibitory activity, and can antagonize SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV replication in multiple in vitro systems. More...
Four coronavirus-infected pregnant women on a ventilator at Semmelweis University Clinic in Budapest, Hungary
At least 20 coronavirus-infected pregnant women receive oxygen, and at least four are on a ventilator, and two cesarean sections have already been performed at the Semmelweis University Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic in Budapest to save the life of the fetus and mother, told ATV News Ferenc Falus . More...
Norwegian medical chairman: Confidence in AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is gone
Norwegians are skeptical about the AstraZeneca vaccine and want a choice. More...
Another Dane dies following AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination
Two employees in the Capital Region were admitted with severe symptoms in the weeks after they had been vaccinated with the Astrazeneca vaccine. More...
90% percent of healthcare workers report long-term complaints from coronavirus
Nine out of ten healthcare workers who contracted the coronavirus say they have long-term complaints after becoming infected with the disease. More...
Sharply rising coronavirus incidence rate in Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, epicentre of new 20C variant
The coronavirus infection figures for the Covid-19 epidemic in Brittany this Friday show a sharply increasing incidence in the Côtes-d’Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine. More...
New Breton variant of coronavirus that evades PCR tests “a specific variant of the 20C clade”
A new variant (derived from Clade 20C) has been detected in the context of a cluster at the Lannion hospital center, in the Côtes d’Armor. More...
Czech president blames country’s coronavirus deaths on refusal to use Sputnik V and Sinopharm vaccines
President Miloš Zeman is calling for the county’s health minister and state drug agency director to be removed from office for rejecting the use of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, which has not yet received EU approval. More...