Chances are you’ve heard about a food, drug or other method that claims to prevent, treat, or cure coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). But while it might be tempting to use a questionable product or method to stay healthy during the…
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Africa starts opening airspace even as Covid-19 cases surge
As Covid-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived. Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 passengers…
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Video: Is air pollution related to COVID-19?
Patients with existing respiratory conditions are at risk for developing more severe cases of COVID-19. There are many factors that can contribute to respiratory conditions, including genetic factors, behaviors like smoking, and environmental characteristics like air quality. However, we can’t…
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Small proteins which may reduce inflammation caused by Covid-19 discovered
Scientists have discovered a new drug which they claim could be useful to combat inflammation of all varieties, an advance that may help in fighting aggravated immune response in respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19. The therapeutic, described in the journal…
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Number of new infections decreases, three States with no new cases – but R-value only slightly below the critical value
The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 11 million people have been infected with the novel Coronavirus, 196.104 of them in Germany. The disease Covid-19 has already claimed over half a Million deaths already. Number of new infections…
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HIV may not worsen COVID-19 outlook
People with HIV who were hospitalized with COVID-19 didn’t have worse results than COVID-19 patients without HIV, new research shows. “Throughout the pandemic, we’ve suspected that immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV, could be at a higher risk for…
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Remdesivir receives EU approval: How well the Corona-hope really is?
For the first time the EU has admitted Commission of a drug against a lung disease Covid-19. The States are following the European medicines Agency EMA, the on 25. June had recommended approval, subject to conditions. But Remdesivir – trade…
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Covid-19: This new coronavirus wave isn’t like the old wave
When New York City’s Covid-19 epidemic peaked in late March and early April, the city was reporting more than 5,000 new confirmed cases a day, and more than 60% of tests for the disease were coming back positive. In Arizona, which…
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Puerto Rico to require negative COVID-19 tests from all airport arrivals
The US possession of Puerto Rico will require all visitors arriving by air to present a negative COVID-19 test or be held under quarantine at their own expense, officials said Tuesday. Starting on July 15, all visitors—including those arriving from…
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Can Drinking Lots of Water Flush Out COVID-19?
Scientists still have a lot to figure out about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. And where there’s a lack of concrete information, there’s often a flood of well-meaning advice, hopeful rumors, and blatant bad information that gets circulated among…
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