COVID19 Treatment

Flawed Interferon Immune Response Fueling COVID19 Severity

BREDA, NETHERLANDS – 2020/03/23: Paramedics move a patient on a stretcher to be transferred to another hospital due to overload amid Coronavirus outbreak.
The capacity of Brabant hospitals, including intensive care, will be insufficient in the coming week. Due to overload, approximately 500 to 700 patients will have to be taken to intensive care and other departments in hospitals outside the province, Marcel Visser reported on behalf of the Regional Consultation Acute Care Chain in Brabant in a...

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Lilly’s COVID19 Antibody Treatment Reduces Hospitalization Need

BREDA, NETHERLANDS – 2020/03/23: Paramedics move a patient on a stretcher to be transferred to another hospital due to overload amid Coronavirus outbreak.
The capacity of Brabant hospitals, including intensive care, will be insufficient in the coming week. Due to overload, approximately 500 to 700 patients will have to be taken to intensive care and other departments in hospitals outside the province, Marcel Visser reported on behalf of the Regional Consultation Acute Care Chain in Brabant in a...

https://mfame.guru/lillys-covid19-antibody-treatment-reduces-hospitalization-need/

FDA Authorizes COVID19 Plasma Therapy Amidst Skepticism

Researchers hope this old-fashioned treatment will work for coronavirus
  • The FDA has officially authorized plasma therapy as COVID19 treatment
  • While the administration touts this as an effective treatment which will help in gaining access to COVID treatment, many allege it be politically motivated
  • Meanwhile, doctors, scientists, and bioethicists aren’t sure about the effectiveness of the treatment
  • Many point out that there’s no way to determine which patients should receive and who have the best effective donor plasma

In a major development, the US Food and Drug...

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First Oral COVID19 Drug Becomes Cheapest Corona Treatment

Sun Pharma launches coronavirus treatment drug FluGuard for Rs 35 ...

In a major development, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited., which includes  “Sun Pharma”   and their subsidiaries and/or associate companies) announced that they have launched FluGuard® (Favipiravir 200 mg) at an economical price of Rs. 35 per tablet, for the treatment of mild to moderate cases of Covid-19 in India, says a press release published on their website.

Favipiravir is the only oral anti-viral treatment approved in India for the potential treatment of patients with mild to moderate...

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The Next Stage of COVID19 Pandemic Strategy – Health With Business

Families with less than 25000 dollars monthly income are at greater risk in the pandemic, said Ambassador Deborah Birx, in the International COVID Conference happening today.

The whole day virtual conference, organized by International AIDS Society and sponsored by Gilead, brings the who’s who of the scientific fraternity, public health experts, economists, and administrators in order to discuss the ways of tackling the pandemic

In a session titled “Making Sense of the Science” 3 scientists...

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World’s First Virtual International COVID19 Conference Shows New Cure

BREDA, NETHERLANDS – 2020/03/23: Paramedics move a patient on a stretcher to be transferred to another hospital due to overload amid Coronavirus outbreak.
The capacity of Brabant hospitals, including intensive care, will be insufficient in the coming week. Due to overload, approximately 500 to 700 patients will have to be taken to intensive care and other departments in hospitals outside the province, Marcel Visser reported on behalf of the Regional Consultation Acute Care Chain in Brabant in a...

https://mfame.guru/worlds-first-virtual-international-covid19-conference-shows-new-cure/

Coronavirus Develops HIV like Tentacles To Infect More Cells

Tendrils reach out from a coronavirus-infected cell.
  • The coronavirus has evolved in multiple ways to infect more cells
  • New research caught the virus with HIV like filopodia tentacles infecting healthy cells
  • this has resulted in treatment proposals by scientists similar to those of cancer.
  • Some cancer drugs like ralimetinib can disrupt the filopodia chemical signals and prevent the virus from infecting cells
  • Scientists are not sure at what stage of infection this happens and whether it’s a secondary mode of infection

According to a Los Angeles...

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US Takes World’s Remdesivir Stock , Nearing 100,000 Cases A Day

In a major development, the US has secured the world stock of the covid19 drug remdesivir as infections rage over the country, reports the Guardian.

The report also adds how no country can buy remdesivir now as there is no stock available. The drug will help recover the US to tackle Covid-19, for next three months at least

Experts Alarmed By this Move

The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the next three months of one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19, leaving none for...

https://mfame.guru/us-takes-worlds-remdesivir-stock-nearing-100000-cases-a-day/

[Watch] COVID19 Antibiotic Overuse Sparks Drug Resistant Superbug Fear

  • Scientists fear a wave of drug-resistant diseases in the post covid19 world
  • COVID19 patients are getting secondary bacterial infections as they spend more time in hospitals
  • Doctors, on the other hand, are prescribing more  antibiotics as they fear of secondary bacterial infections
  • As the lack of treatment and diagnosis complicates the matter, countries have tried out antibiotics to reduce respiratory symptoms in COVID19 patients
  • WHO has now issued advice to not use antibiotics in any form of...

https://mfame.guru/watch-covid19-antibiotic-overuse-sparks-drug-resistant-superbug-fear/