Tag Archives: Infection

Zambian study finds no link between HIV status and COVID-19 severity, but risk quadruples for people with severe HIV infection

Having HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19 and death amongst patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to a Zambian study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. However, patients with more severe HIV infection are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 or die of COVID-19 compared to those without complications. “This… Read More »

Only Luton, Wolverhampton and the Isles of Scilly saw Covid-19 infection rates drop last week

The red sea of virus: Only Luton, Wolverhampton, and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly saw Covid-19 infection rates drop last week, Public Health England surveillance report reveals They were the only three regions in England to record a fall in coronavirus cases as it surges elsewhere Wolverhampton was under local lockdown restrictions – with… Read More »

Genomic analysis reveals many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. An international team of scientists used genomic analysis to compare the main cellular receptor for the virus in humans — angiotensin converting enzyme-2, or ACE2 —… Read More »

Why yeast infection after antibiotics

Participants will take the study educational purposes only and is not intended for medical advice. List of antibiotics that can antibiotic or placebo for 10. If you have strep throat, a sinus infection, or another bacterial infection, your doctor might prescribe antibiotics to cure it. Antibiotics are very useful drugs that kill off the harmful… Read More »