Category: antiviral

Quercetin works like hydroxychloroquine to stop viruses, but more safely?

Like hydroxychloroquine, quercetin can stop viruses replicating – with low to no side effects Quercetin is an anti-inflammatory, antiviral compound used to treat Covid-19, influenza, and other viruses. Inflammation causing respiratory failure is the main reason people die from Covid-19. How can quercetin help to curb this and other inflammation issues? Quercetin can shut down…


5 Best Immune-Boosting and Antiviral Herbs to Grow at Home

When we have a cold or feel unwell, we tend to visit a doctor or buy medicine from the pharmacy. However, some diseases can be cured with the help of the healing power of plants—specifically herbs—in natural remedies, without the worry of drug resistance. Furthermore, some herbs are well-suited for home growing. 5 Healthful and…


Why Some People Never Become Infected With COVID-19

With the ongoing surge of COVID-19 infections in China, many are shocked by its scale and worried about a potential new wave hitting the rest of the world. How can you better protect yourself if another wave does come to your region? Here, we take a close look into the factors impacting our antiviral immunity. Some…


Merck’s COVID-19 Antiviral Drug Doesn’t Reduce Hospitalization or Death in High-Risk Vaccinated People: Study

The COVID-19 antiviral drug Molnupiravir helps speed up recovery from the virus but does not reduce the hospitalization or death rate in higher-risk vaccinated adults, a new study has found. Molnupiravir, from Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck & Co. is used to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 and can be taken at home, twice a day for five days, within…


Top Five Natural Antiviral Agents

Are you looking for ways to ward off viruses so that you can stay healthy in these uncertain times? Mother Nature’s got your back with five of the most potent natural antivirals that can help keep viruses at bay While much of the world is in lock-down mode over potential coronavirus infection and global drug manufacturers fast-track…


Japanese Honeysuckle: An Antiviral Immune Booster That Combats COVID-19

The smell of honeysuckle is almost intoxicating. Its sweet vanilla-like aroma makes you stop, close your eyes, and breathe deep. Although many of us may be familiar with honeysuckle’s sweet-smelling flowers, not all of us may be aware that it also has powerful healing capabilities. Honeysuckle includes about 200 species that grow worldwide. All species…


Why Some People Won’t Get Infected, Even After Covid Exposure

Recently an unprecedented study was conducted in the UK; a Covid-19 “Human Challenge Trial.” In it, 36 unvaccinated young adults were recruited to be injected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 through the nose. While the ethics of this study are undoubtedly questionable, the results were even more surprising. None of these people got seriously sick, and,…


Benefits of Green Tea for Boosting Antiviral Immune Function

youtu.be/7MhDpQKjYE8 Unlike most antiviral drugs, green tea appears to work by boosting the immune system to combat diseases such as genital warts (caused by HPV) and the flu (caused by the influenza virus).


Health Canada Approves Pfizer Antiviral

OTTAWA—Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s antiviral treatment for COVID-19. The authorization posted to the Health Canada website this morning says the treatment is greenlighted for adult patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are also at high risk of becoming more seriously ill. Health Canada did not authorize it for use on teenagers. It is…


Italy to Receive 40,000 Merck Antiviral Drug Doses Next Week: Official

MILAN—Italy will receive around 40,000 doses of Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 antiviral drug next week, which will add to nearly 12,000 already distributed to hospitals, the special COVID-19 commissioner said on Sunday. “They are intended for clinical cases that risk a serious outcome of the disease,” Commissioner Francesco Figliuolo told a television program on Italy’s…