A study published in March, in ScienceDirect , showed that antipsychotics can be effective against the infection caused by Covid-19. What’s more, they can also help the individual not to develop the severe form of the disease. In addition, other research observed that antipsychotics are capable of down-regulating genes whose expression is altered by the coronavirus. In research released

Since the emergence of SARS-Cov-2, there has been much research aimed at finding out how the infection caused by it occurs, so that, in addition to prevention, we have an effective treatment. Thus, a new study, published on January 29, states that the new coronavirus can trigger an autoimmune reaction. This may explain why many signs and

A study released on the 3rd, shows the profile of people most likely to develop severe interstitial disease, after having Covid-19. Conducted in the UK and published in MDedge: Infectious Disease, it also showed that lung function improves when treated with steroids. Furthermore, it has also been observed that conventional treatment promotes the reduction of symptoms of severe pulmonary

Patients with severe Covid-19 have lung transplantation as a treatment option, in extreme cases. In March, two of them attracted attention. In the first, a patient received a transplant from living donors. In the other, the donor had the coronavirus, but his lung was not permanently compromised. Japanese Doctors Perform First Lung Transplant From Living Donor To Covid-19

A study coordinated by the Academic Research Organization (ARO), from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, in partnership with Pfizer, brought news about the treatment of patients hospitalized because of Covid-19. Thus, he showed the effectiveness of the drug tofacitinib (Xeljanz) to reduce deaths from the disease and prevent respiratory failure. The work was published in the scientific journal New

Acute dehydration mainly affects children under 5 years of age. In Brazil, it was the main cause of mortality in children in past decades, with gastrointestinal losses due to acute diarrhea as the main etiology. However, with the improvement of sanitary conditions, the introduction of oral hydration and vaccination against rotavirus, there has been an exponential improvement

GAMBIA The Gambia Red Cross, in close collaboration with the Gambian Immigration Department (GID), is assisting migrants rescued at sea under the project “Assistance and protection of the most vulnerable migrants in Africa Occidental “, executed in collaboration with the Spanish Red Cross and financed by the European Union within the framework of the Emergency

The objective of the Strategy + CO (plan) 2 is to achieve climate neutrality for the organization by 2030. The plantations are planned throughout the territory and will be carried out with native species to offset the annual emissions that are inevitably generated by the activity. The Red Cross is working on an emissions reduction

The Red Cross today presented the Bulletin on Social Vulnerability No. 22, ‘Early Childhood upbringing’. The study analyzes the social vulnerability of families with children from 0 to 6 years old attended by the organization and the impact that COVID-19 and the different risk factors have in the areas of employment, income, health, housing, support

Does summer affect blood donation? The truth is that yes The need for blood is constant, therefore it is important that donations occur regularly throughout the year, however, in summer donations drop drastically; For example, comparing a day in August with one in March, the donations obtained are less than half. The causes are multiple: