A significant proportion of hospitalized patients with influenza develop complications of acute respiratory distress syndrome, driven by virus-induced cytopathic effects as well as exaggerated host immune response. Reporting in The American Journal of Pathology, investigators have found that treatment with an immune receptor blocker in combination with an antiviral agent markedly improves survival of mice […]
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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offers 97% protection, Israel study finds
BREAKING NEWS: Pfizer vaccine gives 97% protection for COVID-19 and is 94% effective at preventing infections from people who are not showing symptoms, Israel study finds Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine prevented 97% of symptomatic cases, hospitalizations and deaths It was also 94% effective at blocking asymptomatic cases of infection The results were […]
New York medical workers decry ‘abysmal’ lack of coronavirus protection
Medical staff in America’s coronavirus hotbed New York are struggling with long hours and a dire need for protective equipment—and as infections surge, they increasingly fear for their own safety. Doctors and nurses are working around the clock caring for patients hit by the fast-spreading infection, risking their lives on the front lines of the […]
Protection against Covid-19: In the Czech Republic sewing people mouth protection masks
Because mouth protection masks are in short supply everywhere, sewing people in the Czech Republic are easy to own. Nothing is wrong with that, says virologist Christian Drosten of the Berlin Charité. The benefit to you is to do a self rather little. Mouth protection is in many places scarce, so some people self-stitching: Completely […]
Covid-19 or the flu? How the two infections differ
The number of to the Robert Koch Institute submitted influenza cases is the least at just under 18,000 (as of: 25.2.2020) and decreased compared to the previous week slightly. At the same time the number of Covid-19-cases is on the increase. The uncertainty in many people: How can the novel lung disease from the flu […]
Vegan diet: Good for the heart
The best diet for the heart is vegan or vegetarian Around the globe, cardiovascular disease for 46 percent of deaths from non-communicable diseases are responsible, or, in other words for 17.5 million Deaths in each year. In 2018, a Review was published (a Review), according to the risk for heart disease by 40 percent, if […]
Flu vaccines offered NO protection against killer ‘Aussie’ strain
Flu jab given to millions offered NO protection against the killer ‘Aussie’ strain, admit public health officials Public Health England said the jab had ‘no effectiveness’ against H3N2 Unprecedented pressure on the NHS was blamed on the potent strain The new PHE data suggests the vaccines may have been partly to blame e-mail View comments […]