PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-28

America Infectious Diseases Society and HIV Medical Association call for the immediate reversal of the abrupt revision of the CDC COVID-19 testing guidelines

IDSA and HIVMA call for the immediate reversal of the abrupt revision of the CDC COVID-19 testing guidelines which diminish the importance of testing asymptomatic individuals who were exposed to COVID-19. The revision is concerning, particularly as the United States continues to lead the world in confirmed cases and deaths, with more than 5.8 million

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-27

A study confirms: with 95% masking, 57% of Covid-19 deaths could be prevented by fall.

A new Covid-19 prediction model makes another compelling case for wearing masks and cloth face coverings. If practically everyone in America wears masks while out in public, it could prevent tens of thousands of Covid-19 infections and deaths by the fall, according to researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). “It is hard

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-26

Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in the Boston area highlights the role of recurrent importation and superspreading events.

 A study of nearly 800 coronavirus genomes, conducted by no less than 54 researchers at the Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and several other institutions in the state, has found that viruses carrying the conference’s characteristic mutation infected hundreds of people in the Boston area, as well as victims from

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-25

Mayo Clinic Driven Expanded Access Program for Convalescent Plasma discontinues enrollment as FDA authorizes its emergency use

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of convalescent plasma and the national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma led by Mayo Clinic announced its intention to discontinue enrollment. The five-month program served 2,780 hospital and acute care facilities, with nearly 14,000 physicians enrolling 101,000 patients and reports of 71,000 infused so far. Eligible patients who

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-25

Kidney involvement by SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of mortality and acute kidney failure.

The research presented early in the course of Corona pandemic found that Covid-19 not as initially suspected a classic viral lung disease. Rather, the whole body is affected . A team from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has now proven that the new coronavirus  SARS-CoV-2 can also multiply in the kidneys .  The novel corona virus can also multiply outside of the lungs, for example in the kidneys. Researchers at the University Medical Center

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-24

Not only antibodies: the role of B cells and T cells in mediating immunity to COVID-19

Recent reports that antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 are not maintained in the serum following recovery from the virus have caused alarm. However, the absence of specific antibodies in the serum does not necessarily mean an absence of immune memory. University of Bergen researchers have just published a paper on Nature Reviews Immunology. Immunity after infection with

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-24

FDA Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma Emergency Use Authorisation: Truth beyond Fictions

Source FDA Yesterday 08/23/2020 FDA has issued guidance to provide recommendations to health care providers and investigators on the administration and study of investigational convalescent plasma collected from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 (COVID-19 convalescent plasma) during the public health emergency. The guidance provides recommendations on the following: pathways for use of investigational COVID-19 convalescent plasma

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2020-08-23

Risk of stroke in hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Results of a multinational study

There is an increased attention to stroke following SARS-CoV-2. The goal of this study was to better depict the short-term risk of stroke and its associated factors among SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients. This multicentre, multinational observational study includes hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients from North and South America (United States, Canada, and Brazil), Europe (Greece, Italy, Finland, and

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