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Drug that calms ‘cytokine storm’ associated with 45 percent lower risk of dying among COVID-19 patients on ventilators

Date: July 13, 2020 Source 1: Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off ventilator within a month, despite double the risk of additional infection, according to a new study. Critically ill COVID-19 patients […]

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Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths

Date: July 10, 2020 Source 1: Virginia Tech Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: While a direct correlation between BCG vaccinations and a reduction in coronavirus mortalities still needs to be understood more fully, researchers hold hope that the BCG vaccine might be able to provide at least short-term protections against severe COVID-19, particularly for front-line medical

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