Tag: PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION

IgA Antibodies Appear to Protect Unvaccinated Against COVID-19: Study

Findings from a study in Sweden provide one possible explanation for why some health care workers who were in contact with COVID-19 patients every day remain uninfected, even though they were not vaccinated against the disease. “The reason why some of the staff did not contract the disease seems to have been that IgA (immunoglobulin…


FDA Tells Doctors in 8 States to Stop Using COVID-19 Treatment

U.S. drug regulators have directed health care workers in eight states to stop using a COVID-19 treatment because it may not be effective against an Omicron subvariant that is rising in prevalence. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody used to treat COVID-19, can no longer be used in Connecticut, Maine,…


How a Drug for Opioid and Alcohol Addiction Is Helping Treat Long COVID

A drug that’s helping millions of people with opioid or alcohol dependence is also being used to treat those suffering symptoms of long COVID. Naltrexone has been around since 1984 to treat opioid or alcohol addiction. Given in high doses of 50-milligram tablets or a 380-milligram intramuscular injection, the drug works by binding to opioid…


Aspirin Appeared to Help Against Moderate COVID-19: Study

Patients with moderate COVID-19 appeared to benefit from early administration of aspirin, according to a new study. Patients who were given aspirin on their first day in the hospital were less likely to die or experience blood clotting, researchers found. Dr. Jonathan Chow with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and…


Alcohol-Associated Deaths Surged During First 12 Months of CCP Virus Pandemic: Study

The number of Americans who died of alcohol-associated causes throughout the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased dramatically, according to a recent study. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on March 18, revealed that 99,017 U.S. citizens died of alcohol-related causes in 2020—a 25.5 percent increase from…


Omicron BA.2 Subvariant Accounts for 1 in 3 US COVID-19 Cases: CDC

A subvariant of the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus, BA.2, now accounts for just over a third of daily reported COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to government data released on Tuesday. As overall infections continue to decline from January’s record highs, the subvariant is gaining ground across the country, data from the…


Experimental COVID-19 Treatment Performed Well in Clinical Trial

An experimental treatment greatly reduced the risk of hospitalization and emergency room visits in people who contracted COVID-19, according to the maker of the drug and investigators running a clinical trial. California-based Eiger BioPharmaceuticals and investigators running the TOGETHER trial say (pdf) that the treatment, Peginterferon Lambda, cut the risk of needing hospital care by 50…


Tesla Halts Work at Shanghai Factory for 2 Days Amid China COVID-19 Curbs: Notice

SHANGHAI—Tesla is suspending production at its Shanghai factory for two days, according to a notice sent internally and to suppliers, as the Chinese regime tightens COVID-19 restrictions to curb the country’s latest outbreak. The Shanghai factory runs around the clock, and suppliers and Tesla staff were told on Wednesday in the notice, reviewed by Reuters,…


WHO: New COVID Deaths Fell 17 Percent Last Week, but Cases Rising

GENEVA—The number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17 percent in the last week while COVID-19 infections rose, reversing a decline in cases that first began in January, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.N. health agency’s weekly report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, WHO said there were more than…


CDC Updates Guidance for Cruise Ships, Lowers COVID-19 Warning From ‘High’ to ‘Moderate’

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 14 lowered its COVID-19 warning for cruise ships from “high” to “moderate” amid a decline in the number of cases across the United States. The agency lowered the Travel Health Notices (THN) from Level 3 to Level 2, or from high to moderate, but noted that…