Hope in the COVID-19 Battle for the Severely Ill
Dexamethasone reduced death from COVID-19 in patients requiring oxygen or ventilation.
Pharmacology & Drug Discovery
Drug discovery and molecular mechanisms of drug action
COVID-19 Coverage by Nancy R. Gough
Read COVID-19 articles by Nancy R. Gough covering immune responses, vaccines, and tips for dealing with the virus.
Treating Fever in Case of COVID-19 Infection
Acetaminophen may be a better fever reducer than ibuprofen for people with COVID-19
Using Flu Vaccines to Treat Cancer
Researchers discovered that injecting inactive flu virus directly into solid tumors triggered a systemic anti-tumor immune response. Thus, seasonal flu vaccines or other inactivated virus vaccines could be repurposed as agents that convert immune “cold” tumors into immune hot ones. Newman and colleagues found that influenza infection, which is respiratory virus that infects the lungs, … Read more
Statin Plus Icosapent, A Recipe for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Vascepa was approved based on these findings.