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Valaciclovir, also spelled valacyclovir, is an antiviral medication used to treat outbreaks of herpes simplex or herpes zoster (shingles). [2] It is also used to prevent cytomegalovirus following a kidney transplant in high risk cases. [2] It is taken by mouth. [2] Common side effects include headache and vomiting. [2]
This registry based, multi-center, multi-country data provide provisional support for the use of ECMO for COVID-19 associated acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Given that this is a complex technology that can be resource intense, guidelines exist for the use of ECMO during the COVID-19 pandemic. [85] [86] [87]
There were about 6 respiratory virus hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US during the third week of December, according to CDC data, twice as many as a month earlier.
During the initial outbreak in Wuhan, the virus and disease were commonly referred to as "coronavirus" and "Wuhan coronavirus", [28] [29] [30] with the disease sometimes called "Wuhan pneumonia". [ 31 ] [ 32 ] In the past, many diseases have been named after geographical locations, such as the Spanish flu , [ 33 ] Middle East respiratory ...
A similar set-up of temporary COVID-19 hospital has been widely adapted worldwide to offer treatment and disease monitoring to patients with mild symptoms. COVID-19 hospital is a general name given to clinical institutions that provide medical treatment to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected patients. [1]
A COVID-19 vaccine is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 . Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an established body of knowledge existed about the structure and function of coronaviruses causing diseases like severe acute ...
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in April 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan , China, in December 2019.
An average of 160 flu patients were in hospital beds in England each day last week, well below the average of 520 at this point last year. Some seven flu patients were in critical care beds ...