Tag: COVID-19
Scientists suggest beta-blockers as cancer, COVID-19 treatment
Beta-2 blockers such as Propranolol have been found to suppress inflammation and the spread of cancer in the lung, according to cancer researcher Dr. Nirmal Robinson at the Centre for Cancer Biology, the University of South Australia. These beta-2 blockers […]
Some COVID-19 patients have high levels of deadly clot-causing antibodies
An autoimmune antibody circulating through the blood is attacking healthy cells and has been found to cause microscopic blood clots in people hospitalised with COVID-19, according to scientists at Michigan Medicine Frankel Cardiovascular Center (Michigan Medicine), US. In COVID-19, clots […]
Shocking 14% global vaccine hesitancy even with COVID-19 endemic threat, researchers note
New research by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the COVID-19 virus could become endemic i.e. common enough to produce recurring outbreaks in humans. This is largely affected by immunity to SARS-CoV-2, developed either through infection or […]
Australian agency starts “milestone” testing of potential COVID-19 vaccines
The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has begun animal testing of two potential COVID-19 vaccines, which will determine if they would be safe to use on humans. The vaccines, one by UK’s University of Oxford and one […]
WHO to revise alert terminologies, classifications after COVID-19 pandemic declaration
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to rethink the way it classifies and describes international epidemics after continued backlash over its decision to call the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus has publicly signaled support […]
