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The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) could protect newborns against a variety of common infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections, chest infections and diarrhoea, according to a new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Are antibody cocktails the key to COVID-19 treatment?
Thought LeadersDr. Natalia FreundAssistant Professor, Sackler School of MedicineTel Aviv University
In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Natalia Freund about her latest research into COVID-19, and how most people are capable of producing neutralizing antibodies against the virus.
What provoked your research into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?
When the pandemic hit Israel, every aspect of our lives has changed, and therefore like many other laboratories we had to put on hold some ongoing projects and focus on the new virus.
In fact, we have been developing tools and platforms for antibody discovery and isolation for a very long time, while focusing on other infectious diseases such as HIV-1 and Tuberculosis, and we were as prepared as one can be to apply our tools to the new COVID-19 problem.
India has a large underweight population with TB – and the Covid-19 crisis is only making it worse
The country needs to fast track direct benefit transfer payments and clear the backlog to ensure tuberculosis patients are not left in a lurch. Undernutrition continues to challenge TB patients, both while treatment and after. | Arun Sankar/AFP
When India announced a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, a concern was echoed throughout the country: how will those who need to step out to earn money every day, sustain themselves?
As Covid-19 grips the headlines, we often forget that India has one of the largest underweight populations in the world. In some states, these statistics are extremely grim. We often forget that while low weight is a classic symptom of poverty, it is also one of tuberculosis, a disease associated with the wasting away of fat and muscle. Being underweight is both a cause and a consequence of TB.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): XECH, India s emerging innovator brand, has launched XECH STEROSTET - one-of-its-kind and India s first stethoscope sterilizer which uses a special UV-C GI Technology to effectively sterilize stethoscopes diaphragms of all sizes up to 99.9999 per cent.
Stethoscope is the most commonly used instrument in any medical environment from private clinics to general wards in hospitals. According to the latest studies by WHO, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI), more commonly known as nosocomial infections, affect hundreds of millions of patients. Stethoscope s diaphragms randomly sampled in healthcare facilities were found to be contaminated by nosocomial pathogens.
These may result into diseases like H1N1, Influenza, COVID-19, Tuberculosis, etc. putting both patients and the medical professional s life in danger. The WHO and the CDC have stressed the importance of post-examination hygiene between two patients which als