covid-19

Bloomberg: A look at the impact of a COVID-19 outbreak at a STMicroelectronics chipmaking factory in Malaysia, as pressure to increase production overrode safety concerns — While companies and governments push to keep supply chains running, ordinary people are the ones putting their lives at risk.

PMID: Turk J Biol. 2021 ;45(4):518-529. Epub 2021 Aug 30. PMID: 34803451 Abstract Title: Treatment of COVID-19 patients with quercetin: a prospective, single center, randomized, controlled trial. Abstract: Scientific research continues on new preventive and therapeutic strategies against...

What will happen when the schools will reopen post pandemic ?A big-big question to answer after the impact of Covid- 19. Some states have already opened the schools for higher grades. Although pandemic is still not yet over. Slowly and slowly, we are coming out of Covid- 19 trauma but few...

Travel with kids during Covid-19Travelling with a kid has never been so easy for any parent but its complicated during pandemic like Covid-19. People across the globe are wondering whether they should travel or no especially with the kid. Although lockdown...

Birthday celebration ideas during Covid-19Birthdays are the moments which we can cherish with our kids and their friends, of course family as well.When we think of birthday party, our imagination starts from pre -birthday shopping, gift, balloons, home decoration, dance, music, games...

PMID: Molecules. 2020 Nov 16 ;25(22). Epub 2020 Nov 16. PMID: 33207753 Abstract Title: Mini-Review on the Roles of Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and Selenium in the Immune System against COVID-19. Abstract: Low levels of micronutrients have been associated with adverse clinical outcomes during viral...

PMID: Virus Res. 2021 01 15 ;292:198235. Epub 2020 Nov 21. PMID: 33232783 Abstract Title: Putative roles of vitamin D in modulating immune response and immunopathology associated with COVID-19. Abstract: The first incidence of COVID-19 was reported in the Wuhan city of Hubei province in China...

PMID: Bratisl Lek Listy. 2020 ;121(12):870-877. PMID: 33300356 Abstract Title: Vitamin D may protect against multiple organ damage caused by COVID-19. Abstract: The novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak quickly spread across many countries and has become a worldwide threat to health, trade and...

During the current pandemic, many new parents have found themselves with little support, but there are simple things parents can do at home to nurture essential interactions with their baby.Around this time last year, an inexorable force swept into people’s lives. It upended everything —...

PMID: Ir J Med Sci. 2021 Nov ;190(4):1271-1274. Epub 2021 Jan 6. PMID: 33409846 Abstract Title: Active vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 infections: review. Abstract: SARS-CoV-2, causing the lethal disease COVid-19, is a public health emergency in the 2020 global pandemic. The outbreak...

PMID: J Leukoc Biol. 2021 10 ;110(4):809-819. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PMID: 33464639 Abstract Title: Role of vitamin D in regulating COVID-19 severity-An immunological perspective. Abstract: Vitamin D, a key nutrient/prohormone classically associated with skeletal health, is also an important...

PMID: Cell Discov. 2021 Oct 26 ;7(1):99. Epub 2021 Oct 26. PMID: 34697287 Abstract Title: Comprehensive investigations revealed consistent pathophysiological alterations after vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines. Abstract: Large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations are currently underway in many...

PMID: Eur J Pharmacol. 2021 May 15 ;899:174031. Epub 2021 Mar 13. PMID: 33722593 Abstract Title: COVID-19 and IL-6: Why vitamin D (probably) helps but tocilizumab might not. Abstract: Interleukin 6 (IL-6), which is involved in the cytokine storm phenomenon, is a therapeutic target in...

PMID: Eur J Pediatr. 2021 Aug ;180(8):2699-2705. Epub 2021 Mar 31. PMID: 33788001 Abstract Title: The association between vitamin D levels and the clinical severity and inflammation markers in pediatric COVID-19 patients: single-center experience from a pandemic hospital. Abstract: Vitamin D...

PMID: Immunotherapy. 2021 06 ;13(9):753-765. Epub 2021 Apr 28. PMID: 33906375 Abstract Title: Cytokine storm modulation in COVID-19: a proposed role for vitamin D and DPP-4 inhibitor combination therapy (VIDPP-4i). Abstract: A dysregulated immune response characterized by the hyperproduction...

PMID: Sci Rep. 2021 05 20 ;11(1):10641. Epub 2021 May 20. PMID: 34017029 Abstract Title: Impact of daily high dose oral vitamin D therapy on the inflammatory markers in patients with COVID 19 disease. Abstract: COVID 19 is known to cause immune dysregulation and vitamin D is a known...

PMID: Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 06 ;43:276-282. Epub 2021 Apr 18. PMID: 34024527 Abstract Title: Serum vitamin D, calcium, and zinc levels in patients with COVID-19. Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIM: COVID-19 is a global public health concern. As no standard treatment has been found for it yet...

Officials are reviewing whether Paxlovid, Pfizer’s oral drug awaiting approval, can be made widely available on the commercial market.

The FDA authorized the third dose for anyone 18 years and older, after earlier clearing the shot for people at high risk.

In a painful political U-turn, officials in Germany and elsewhere impose new measures following a rise in infections among vaccinated people.