COVID patients on SSRI antidepressants are less likely to die, study finds

A large analysis of health records from 87 health care centers across the United States found that people taking a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), particularly fluoxetine, were significantly less likely to die of COVID-19 than a matched control group. The results add to a body of evidence indicating that SSRIs may have beneficial effects against […]

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Denmark brings COVID curbs back after just two months

Denmark will re-introduce a health pass because of a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday, less than two months after scrapping controls. The Epidemic Commission has recommended the government classify the coronavirus as a “socially threatening disease” and re-impose the pass, Frederiksen told journalists. “The government will follow this recommendation.” Frederiksen acknowledged that the return […]

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COVID vaccines for 5 to 11 year olds are inching closer. Here’s what we know so far

Australian children aged five to 11 could begin receiving the Pfizer vaccine by the end of November, with the nation’s regulator currently reviewing the health and safety data. Pfizer submitted a partial application to Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) this week and will supply the remaining data over the next two weeks. The TGA will then review all the information […]

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COVID boosters: Who can get Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines in Colorado

Coloradans who received COVID-19 vaccines produced by Moderna or Johnson & Johnson have been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get booster shots under certain conditions, greatly expanding the pool of who can get additional doses. In August, the CDC approved boosters for people who have suppressed immune systems. A month later came approval for certain […]

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During COVID, majority of newly unemployed adults in NC did not receive Medicaid

Within the first few months of the pandemic, the US unemployment rate skyrocketed from 3.8 percent in February 2020 to 13 percent in April 2020, quickly surpassing total job losses from the entire two years of the Great Recession. Millions of people who were forced out of the workforce lost both income and employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. Medicaid was designed […]

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High ferritin in severe COVID-19 pneumonia is linked to improved outcomes after steroid treatment

During the entire pandemic, physicians treating patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia have continuously looked for hints and signs on what may enable patients to have better outcomes. A team of physicians at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University has discovered that for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who had higher ferritin in their blood upon admission and […]

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Coronavirus inquiry: we ‘made big achievements and some tragic mistakes’

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Britain’s drive to develop and deploy the jabs was world-leading, MPs on the Commons health and science committees concluded. However, […]

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Roche applies to market COVID antibody treatment in EU

Swiss pharma giant Roche on Monday applied to market its anti-COVID-19 cocktail in the European Union, the bloc’s medicines watchdog said, the final step before it can be released to the continent. The application to the European Medicines Agency comes just over two weeks after the World Health Organisation also recommended the treatment, which Roche co-developed with US biotech firm […]

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'Long COVID' symptoms' cause may have been uncovered in new research

Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Lingering COVID-19 symptoms in “long haulers” may be caused by an overload of inflammatory cells “trapped” inside insoluble microscopic blood clots, according to researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.   Professor Resia Pretorius, a member of the university’s Physiological […]

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