Photo: STEKLO (Shutterstock) West Nile virus has been found in a record number of mosquitoes in the New York City area, with at least two known cases in humans. If you weren’t around for the last major West Nile panic about 20 years ago, you may be wondering what this disease is and if you …
Patients recovering from coronavirus infection suffer from increased neurological and psychological distress, according to a comprehensive observational study published Thursday. Researchers from the University of Oxford searched more than a million patient records and found that, two years after infection, patients who had recovered from COVID-19 had a higher risk of psychosis, dementia and “brain …
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A new study found that three generic drugs — fluvoxamine, commonly prescribed to treat depression, the controversial antimalarial drug ivermectin and the diabetes pill metformin — failed to prevent the kind of severe COVID-19 that leads to emergency room visits or hospitalization. The study, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, examined whether …
The common house mosquito (Culex pipiens) is a known carrier of West Nile and other diseases. Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) The West Nile virus is having a great summer in New York City. Health officials reported this week that at least two people have recently contracted the viral illness, while an estimated record number of mosquitoes …
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