WHO Recommends Regen-COV for COVID-19 Patients at High Risk of Hospital Admission
A WHO panel of international experts and patients has recommended Regeneron's Regen-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) for two groups of COVID-19 patients.
A WHO panel of international experts and patients has recommended Regeneron's Regen-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) for two groups of COVID-19 patients.
Each one-degree Celsius increase in ambient temperature was associated with a 2% increase in the likelihood of COPD exacerbations in the following two days among current and former smokers with the disease.
A study of the 9 largest US cities showed that high vaccination neighborhoods had more white residents, fewer people of color, higher incomes, and lower poverty rates; and lower historical COVID-19 death rates.
US Hispanics and Latinos under age 50 had a 7.6% prevalence of COPD, which had associated risk factors including asthma, ever-smoking, and chronic sinusitis.
An enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a major driver of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by the development of high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine.
The American Lung Association has launched the Pertussis Educational Campaign to help educate adults living with asthma about the potential dangers of pertussis.
Among college-aged students in 2020, marijuana use is at an all-time high, vaping has plateaued, hallucinogen use has significantly increased, and alcohol use declined.
Ischemic stroke patients treated on a mobile stroke unit (MSU) received anti-clot medication faster and ended up with less disability at 90 days, according to NEJM research.
Researchers have found that the spleen is an additional site for the priming of CD8+ "killer" T cells, which seek out and destroy other infected or cancerous cells.