Your Nose Itches. Is It Allergies, Flu or the Coronavirus?
Seasonal allergy symptoms differ from those caused by viral infections like influenza or the coronavirus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Influenza Fever Allergies Seasons and Months Throat United States China your-feed-health Source Type: news
Your Nose Itches. You Wonder: Is It the Coronavirus?
Seasonal allergy symptoms differ from those caused by viral infections like influenza or the coronavirus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Influenza Fever Allergies Seasons and Months Throat United States China your-feed-health Source Type: news
COVID-19 test from giant East Bay company wins OK for emergency use
A COVID-19 test from Roche Molecular Solutions was given an emergency authorization from federal regulators Thursday night, pushing some 400,000 tests into the hands of health care workers as soon as this weekend to determine whether people with flu-like symptoms are infected with a potentially deadly coronavirus.
Using simple mouth, nose or throat swabs, the test from the Pleasanton-based unit of Swiss health care giant Roche is the third to win emergency approval by the Food and Drug Administration,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 13, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Patients infected with the coronavirus are most contagious BEFORE they get severe symptoms
Researchers from the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology in Munich took samples from the nose and throat of nine COVID-19 patients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rare driver mutations disrupt NOTCH signaling to promote squamous cell carcinoma
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) -- a group of cancers that affect the the mouth, nose and throat -- is a disease driven by mutations in the NOTCH tumor suppressor signaling pathway, according to a new study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 12, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Is It Allergies, The Flu Or The Coronavirus? How To Tell The Difference
(CNN) — The coronavirus has infected more than 100,000 people worldwide. With all of the news of event cancellations, empty flights and health precautions (wash your hands!), it’s natural that people may get a little anxious every time they feel a tickle in their throat or the beginnings of a bad cough.
While the coronavirus is certainly something to take seriously, the chances of any individual person getting it are still low. But if you’re wondering whether that stuffy nose could end up being a worst case scenario, CNN talked to Dr. Greg Poland, a professor of medicine and Infectious diseases at the May...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Coronavirus Source Type: news
Chinese police place Britons in enforced isolation after ferry trip
Teacher was given 20 minutes to pack and must remain in hotel room for two weeksJo Davison and her partner were relaxing in their flat in Shenzhen, China, when the phone rang. She was told by the Chinese authorities that they had been exposed to the coronavirus at close proximity and that officials were on their way.“It was terrifying. Five people in hazmats turned up at our apartment, they looked like ghostbusters,” she said. “They took swabs from our nose and throat and said they’d return in the morning so we should start packing.”Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Molly Blackall and Mattha Busby Tags: Coronavirus outbreak China Infectious diseases Asia Pacific Medical research Microbiology Science World news UK news Source Type: news
Coronavirus: Debunking Myths And Misinformation
(CNN) — As the novel coronavirus — and panic about the coronavirus — continues to spread around the world, so too are bogus claims, conspiracy theories and misinformation about the disease.
There’s so much inaccurate information floating around out there that the World Health Organization is calling it an “infodemic.” In perhaps the clearest sign of the times, WHO has joined TikTok to help set the record straight.
Read: Coronavirus – What You Should And Shouldn’t Do
The myths exist both on the fringes of the internet and in more mainstream outlets. And while social media platforms a...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health CNN Coronavirus Source Type: news
COVID-19 Vaccine Shipped, and Drug Trials Start
Moderna Therapeutics, a biotech company based in Cambridge, Mass., has shipped the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was created just 42 days after the genetic sequence of the COVID_19 virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was released by Chinese researchers in mid-January. The first vials were sent to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, which will ready the vaccine for human testing as early as April.
NIH scientists also began testing an antiviral drug called remdesivir that had been developed for Ebola, on a patient infec...
Source: TIME: Health - February 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Head and neck cancer: The hidden sign in a person’s ear that should never be ignored
HEAD AND NECK cancers include cancers in the larynx, throat, lips, mouth, nose and salivary glands. Spotting the early signs of the deadly condition is vital and noticing a certain feeling in your ears could be an early warning. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cruise Passenger Whose Coronavirus Infection Went Undetected Shows It May Not Be Possible to Stop the Outbreak From Spreading
Just the rumor that there could be coronavirus aboard the Westerdam led five ports to deny the luxury cruise ship entry earlier this month. When Cambodia finally agreed to let the vessel dock at Sihanoukville on Feb. 13, the Holland America cruise line and public health officials took precautions to determine if anyone on board was infected with the deadly disease.
The ship had already been at sea for 12 days, toward the end of what experts believe to be the incubation period for the COVID-19 virus, and no one aboard had been to China in the previous two weeks. All passengers and crew had their temperatures taken. Upon dis...
Source: TIME: Health - February 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amy Gunia Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 onetime overnight Travel Source Type: news
How Travelers Around the World Are Dealing With ‘Voluntary’ Home Quarantines, To Help Slow Potential Coronavirus Spread
On his return from China last week, Dr. Ian Lipkin quarantined himself in his basement. His wife now puts his food on the stairs. He’s run out of things to watch on Netflix. At odd hours, he walks in New York’s Central Park, keeping 10 feet away from others.
Lipkin is among hundreds of people in the U.S. and thousands around the world who, although not sick, are living in semi-voluntary quarantine at home. With attention focused on quarantined cruise ships and evacuees housed on U.S. military bases, those in their own homes have largely escaped notice.
They, too, experts say, play a crucial role in slowing th...
Source: TIME: Health - February 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CARLA K. JOHNSON / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 New York onetime Source Type: news
Roche provides topline results from investigator-led Phase II/III trial with gantenerumab in rare inherited form of Alzheimer ’s disease
Basel, 10 February 2020 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the gantenerumab arm of the Phase II/III DIAN-TU-001 study did not meet its primary endpoint in people who have an early-onset, inherited form of Alzheimer ’s disease (AD). This form of AD, known as autosomal dominant AD (ADAD), accounts for less than 1% of all cases of the disease.1 The study, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, did not show a significant slowing of the rate of cognitive decline in people treated with investigational medicine gantenerumab as measured by the novel DIAN Multivariate Cognit...
Source: Roche Media News - February 10, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche provides topline results from investigator-led Phase II/III trial with gantenerumab in rare inherited form of Alzheimer ’s disease
Basel, 10 February 2020 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the gantenerumab arm of the Phase II/III DIAN-TU-001 study did not meet its primary endpoint in people who have an early-onset, inherited form of Alzheimer ’s disease (AD). This form of AD, known as autosomal dominant AD (ADAD), accounts for less than 1% of all cases of the disease.1 The study, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, did not show a significant slowing of the rate of cognitive decline in people treated with investigational medicine gantenerumab as measured by the novel DIAN Multivariate Cognit...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 10, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Novel coronavirus: Infectious virus detected in the nose and throat of patients with mild symptoms
(Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin) A joint press release by Charit é , Munich Clinic Schwabing and the Bundeswehr Institute of MicrobiologyLaboratory testing by Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin, the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology and Munich Clinic Schwabing has revealed that infectious virus can be isolated from nose and throat swabs even where these have been obtained from patients with mild symptoms. The research groups have therefore come to the conclusion that even persons with mild symptoms are capable of transmitting the virus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 6, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
