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Infants less prone to develop severe Covid-19 symptoms than their mothers:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers from the University of Washington and at institutions at four other locations in the Western and Southern U.S. found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most close
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Nanoparticle treatment may benefit individuals hospitalized with severe CO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, an experimental dendrimer nanoparticle medication called OP-101 significantly lowered the risk of death and the need for a ventilator in a study of 24 seriously ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Study: Protective T cells remain 20 months after COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], July 22 (ANI): Shortly after infection, patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop protective immune responses mediated by virus-specific T cells and antibodies. However, there is concern that immunity does not last, which could result in severe COVID-19 infection upon re
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Use of anti-inflammatory drug in treating patients with severe COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Houston [US], July 21 (ANI): According to a new study from UTHealth Houston and other institutions, an anti-inflammatory drug may have the ability to treat systemic inflammation and brain damage in patients with severe COVID-19 and greatly lower their risk of dying.
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Thailand sees rise in severe COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of severe COVID-19 cases and coronavirus-related deaths in Thailand has increased slightly, fuelled by the Omicron sub-variants and the country's long holidays.
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Zambia to start administering oral antiviral COVID-19 pills
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Zambia will soon start administering Paxlovid, an oral antiviral pill, to people at risk of developing severe COVID-19 disease, its health ministry said on Friday.
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Beijing under threat of severe COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 16 (ANI): The authorities in China's capital have warned that a COVID-19 surge due to the bar-related outbreaks was critical and the city is gripped with the most serious outbreak since the pandemic began.
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Men with high BMI in their upper teens at risk of severe COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], March 19 (ANI): According to a new study led by the University of Gothenburg, men with a high body index (BMI) in their upper teens have a high risk of severe COVID-19 and can require hospitalisation in future.
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Kauvery Hospital airlifts and successfully treats Vizag doctor who had sev
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, today announced the successful treatment of a doctor, with severe COVID-19 infection and 99 per cent lung involvemen
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High BMI in upper teens a risk for severe COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], March 14 (ANI): A new study led by the University of Gothenburg has found that men with a high body mass index (BMI) in their upper teens have an elevated risk of severe COVID-19 and can require hospitalisation later in life.
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Patients with severe COVID-19 who are treated with ECMO may experience lun
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): A new study led by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has found that some patients with severe COVID-19 who are treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) might experience significant lung recovery and return to normal lives with meaningful long-
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People with heart defects at greater risk for severe COVID-19 illness: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dallas (Texas) [US], March 7 (ANI): The first question that any person diagnosed with COVID-19 is asked is: do you have any co-morbidity? The reason is that it increases any chances of complications in the already infected person. New research has found that people with a congenital heart de
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