Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Impacts of COVID on the immune system
So you've had COVID and have now recovered. You don't have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don't seem to have developed long COVID.
Sep 19, 2022
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News tagged with respiratory infection
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Steroids cut COVID-19 death rates, but not for everyone—here's who benefits and who doesn't
New studies show that treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with inexpensive steroids can cut their risk of dying from the illness by a third. The results are so clear that the World Health Organization changed its advice ...
Sep 7, 2020
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Immunology
Going all the way: Scientists prove that inhaled vaccines offer better protection and immunity than nasal sprays
McMaster University scientists who compared respiratory vaccine delivery systems have confirmed that inhaled aerosol vaccines provide far better protection and stronger immunity than nasal sprays.
Jun 10, 2022
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Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of COVID-19
Masks help protect the people wearing them from getting or spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but now researchers from the National Institutes of Health have added evidence for yet another potential benefit ...
Feb 12, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Children's noses hold clues to serious lung infections, study shows
Tiny organisms in a child's nose could offer clues to improving the diagnosis and treatment of severe lung infections, research shows.
Mar 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rapid bacterial infection test reduces antibiotic use
Researchers from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have shown that using a rapid (5-minute) test can reduce antibiotic misuse for respiratory infections. Cutting the number of unnecessary antibiotic ...
Aug 2, 2016
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COVID-19 infection may reduce fertility in men
COVID-19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, according to research published in Reproduction. The study indicates that COVID-19 infection can cause increased sperm cell death, inflammation, and ...
Jan 29, 2021
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What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly
COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They're named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus's surface ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Making the case for intranasal COVID-19 vaccines
A microbiologist and an immunologist from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have published a Perspective piece in the journal Science outlining the possible benefits of developing COVID-19 vaccines delivered in an intranasal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop symptoms: study
While some people who contract SARS-CoV-2 infections never experience any symptoms, there remains disagreement about what proportion of total infections these cases represent. A new study published in the open-access journal ...
Sep 22, 2020
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