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Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines

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Authors: Bryant, Andrew MSc1,*; Lawrie, Theresa A. MBBCh, PhD2; Dowswell, Therese PhD2; Fordham, Edmund J. PhD2; Mitchell, Scott MBChB, MRCS3; Hill, Sarah R. PhD1; Tham, Tony C. MD, FRCP4 American Journal of Therapeutics: July/August 2021 – Volume 28 – Issue 4 – p e434-e460doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001402 Abstract Background:  Repurposed medicines may have a role against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The […]

Further evidence supports controversial claim that SARS-CoV-2 genes can integrate with human DNA

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Authors: By Jon CohenMay. 6, 2021 , 2:45 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. A team of prominent scientists has doubled down on its controversial hypothesis that genetic bits of the pandemic coronavirus can integrate into our chromosomes and stick around long after the infection is over. If they are right—skeptics have […]

First case of postmortem study in a patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2

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Author:TorstenHansenaUlfTitzeaNidhi Su AnnKulamadayil-HeidenreichbSabineGlombitzacJohannes, et. al. Highlights • We report on a patient with a single dose of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. • He developed relevant serum titer levels but died 4 weeks later. • By postmortem molecular mapping, we found viral RNA in nearly all organs examined. • However, we did not observe any characteristic morphological features of COVID-19. • […]

Durability of mRNA-1273 vaccine–induced antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Authors: ViewAmarendra Pegu1,†, Sarah O’Connell1,† View ORCID ProfileStephen D. Schmidt1,†, Sijy O’Dell1,†,  View ORCID ProfileChloe A. Talana1, Lilin Lai2, Jim Albert Science  12 Aug 2021: eabj4176m OI: 10.1126/science.abj4176 Abstract SARS-CoV-2 mutations may diminish vaccine-induced protective immune responses, particularly as antibody titers wane over time. Here, we assess the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B.1.351 (Beta), P.1 (Gamma), B.1.429 (Epsilon), […]

Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: cohort study including 8.3 million people

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Julia Hippisley-Cox1, Duncan Young2,3, Carol Coupland4, Keith M Channon5, Pui San Tan6, David A Harrison7, Kathryn Rowan8,  Paul Aveyard6, Ian D Pavord9, Peter J Watkinson5,10 Correspondence to Prof Julia Hippisley-Cox, Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1  Abstract Background  There is uncertainty about the associations of angiotensive enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs with COVID-19 disease. We studied whether […]

Role of proteolytic enzymes in the COVID-19 infection and promising therapeutic approaches

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Authors: Magda Gioia,a,⁎ Chiara Ciaccio,a,⁎ Paolo Calligari,b Giovanna De Simone,c Diego Sbardella,d Grazia Tundo,dGiovanni Francesco Fasciglione,a Alessandra Di Masi,cD onato Di Pierro,a Alessio Bocedi,b Paolo Ascenzi,c,e and Massimo Colettaa,⁎ Biochem Pharmacol. 2020 Dec; 182: 114225.Published online 2020 Sep  doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114225PMCID: PMC7501082PMID: 32956643 Abstract In the Fall of 2019 a sudden and dramatic outbreak of a pulmonary disease (Coronavirus Disease COVID-19), due […]

‘Natural Immunity Is Really Better’: New Israeli Study Fuels Debate On Vaccination Versus Natural Immunity

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Authors: DYLAN HOUSMAN HEALTHCARE REPORTER August 28, 20215:12 PM ET A new study of the power of COVID-19 natural immunity versus the protection provided by vaccines is igniting further debate among scientists on how to assess risk from the virus. The observational study of more than 700,000 Israelis, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, compared three groups: those […]

Japan probes two deaths after jabs from tainted Moderna batch

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Sat, August 28, 2021, 6:10 AM Japan is investigating the death of two men who received jabs from batches of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine suspended from use due to contamination, the health ministry said Saturday. The men aged 30 and 38 died earlier this month after getting their second Moderna doses from one of three manufacturing […]

New Israeli Study Finds Fully Vaccinated People are at “Greater Risk of Hospitalization” and 13 TIMES MORE LIKELY to Catch Covid-19 Than Those Who Have Recovered and Have Natural Immunity

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Authors: By Julian Conradson Published August 27, 2021 at 2:06pm A new study out of Israel has seemingly confirmed that individuals who have natural immunity have better protection against the NEW DELTA VARIANT than people who are fully vaccinated. The team of researchers, from Maccabi Healthcare and Tel Aviv University, published their study earlier this week […]

Denmark To Scrap All Covid-19 Restrictions

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Authors: BY TYLER DURDENFRIDAY, AUG 27, 2021 – 01:34 PM Denmark will on September 10th stop classifying Covid-19 as an “illness which is a critical threat to society”, meaning all remaining special pandemic restrictions will expire, The Local reported. In a press release issued on Friday morning, the country’s health minister Magnus Heunicke said that the high level of […]