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A new antibody-based treatment could not only help treat COVID-19 symptoms in those already affected but potentially prevent new infections from occurring. The treatment comes in the form of an inhaler. A researcher at the University of Texas at Austin first developed the technology, and now an Austin-based pharmaceutical company is trying to get it on the market. When it comes to treating infectious disease, the vaccine is the “gold standard.” However, prior to the vaccine coming on the market, scientists developed treatments for the virus, helping protect high-risk communities from COVID-19. Current treatments require patients to get an infusion...

None of the blood types — A, B, AB or O — was linked with their risk of becoming infected, need for hospitalisation or intensive care, according to a report published in JAMA Network Open. Smaller studies from China, Italy and Spain have linked type A blood to higher COVID-19 risks and type O blood to lower risks, and a large study from Denmark tied blood type to Covid-19 severity. An inhaled steroid commonly used to treat asthma can help keep patients with mild Covid-19 from getting sicker, according to results from a trial published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine....

The corona pandemic continues to pose a global threat: To date, it has been possible to vaccinate only a small fraction of the total population. On top of that, there is acute danger from mutations of this virus. Against this backdrop, the DG-Nika AG research team has developed a solution for a new approach to protecting the population from serious illness: a pocket inhaler containing the active ingredient 2-DG (2-Deoxy-D-glucose). The DEGEGLUXID® pocket inhaler is effective both as prophylaxis and as therapy. The SARS-CoV-2 virus from the corona family is transmitted via the airways. The virus establishes itself in the...

Lost star Danial Dae Kim has claimed anti-malaria medication is a ‘game-changer’ in his recovery from coronavirus, after revealing he’d tested positive. (Please read full article at link)

Obama Administration to Ban Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns 3:00 PM, Sep 23, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY Single Page Print Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? Well, it seems that the Obama administration is would rather make people with Asthma cough up money than let them make a surely inconsequential contribution to depleting the ozone layer: Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government's latest attempt to protect the Earth's atmosphere. The...

A 49-year-old woman was arrested as police claim she nearly struck an officer with a thrown inhaler. Janice McCoy-Nuttle, of the 900 block of Beech Street, was laying in a bed surrounded by as many as seven Chihuahaus and 10 cages filled with birds. Police report a white parrot was standing on her forehead at the time, biting her face, while another smaller bird was perched on her chest. She was reportedly intoxicated to the point where she could not stand up and speak to officers and was unable to remove the bird from her face. Police were dispatched to...

WILLIAM Jefferson Blythe III was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Ark. After his mother remarried, he took the family surname, Clinton. Clinton was a good student. He enjoyed playing the saxophone and even considered a professional musical career. While in high school, a fortuitous meeting with President John Kennedy led him to choose a life of public service.

I received the following reply from the school district regarding the inhaler incident in Texas. I thought this group would be interested. From: "Gregory S. Poole" Your Email is based on erroneous information. It is also an example of how the Internet, with all its glory, often misses the key ingredient of information gathering, which is substantiation. Ø No student was ever in any life-threatening situation. Student confidentiality does not permit us to be specific but it has already been reported in a Houston paper that the student in question went to the clinic for a minor headache. During both...

Plan Would Allow Children To Carry Own Inhalers Legislation Inspired By Death Of Camper POSTED: 7:14 p.m. EST January 30, 2003 CONCORD, N.H. -- The House passed two bills Thursday to allow children who have asthma or allergies to carry their own inhalers at school or at camps in New Hampshire. The legislation was inspired by the death of 14-year-old Jovahny Ortiz, who died of an asthma attack last summer at a YMCA summer camp on Lake Winnipesaukee. His inhaler was kept in a locker away from his cabin. The legislation would allow children to carry inhalers if they...