Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today: Immune responses explained Although reports of weak as well as short-lived anticonvulsant responses in patients with COVID-19 have …
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Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is advised against testing patients for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the first 1 to 2 weeks after exposure to the virus. The “sweet spot” for such tests is 3 to …
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Editor’s Editor: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today: Oleander extract for COVID-19? Expert says “No” Oleandrin, a toxic cardiac glycoside found in the poisonous oleander plant, …
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Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today. # 3 Cause of Death More than 170,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University data, making it the third leading …
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Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today: Comparison with influenza 1918 A comparison of excessive deaths in New York City during the onset of the …
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