Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC shortens recommended COVID isolation period

New guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days.

Medications

Targeting inflammatory protein could treat severe asthma

Just weeks after news of a sharp national spike in asthma deaths—with South Australia recording the highest increase in a single year (88%)—scientists have revealed a promising new treatment for the chronic lung disease.

Medications

Q&A: COVID rebound can happen whether or not you take Paxlovid

What initially was referred to as "Paxlovid rebound"—a return of COVID symptoms or test positivity after starting a course of the antiviral—is now more accurately referred to as "COVID rebound," because rebound can happen ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers find possible predictor of COVID-19 severity

The degree of severity to which someone experiences COVID-19 has a lot to do with the body's immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the infection it causes. Our immune system tailors antibodies to fight infections, so ...

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