Articles for Symptom Onset

Study reveals alarming economic burden of TB treatment
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Study reveals alarming economic burden of TB treatment

The Hindu  

A study of 1,482 TB patients across four states revealed shockingly high rates of catastrophic costs, with 30% to 61% experiencing financial hardship exceeding 20% of pre-TB annual household income mainly due to delays in diagnosis and income loss because of unemployment during long TB treatment. In the output approach, which was the second form of modelling, reduced productivity in …

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Remdesivir Could Reduce Covid Mortality if Given Early : Study
2 years, 4 months ago

Remdesivir Could Reduce Covid Mortality if Given Early : Study

News 18  

Remdesivir can reduce mortality in patients if administered within 9 days of COVID-19 symptom onset, according to a study conducted in Asian patients. Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University have found that treatment with remdesivir within 9 days of COVID-19 symptom onset decreases mortality in Asian patients also taking corticosteroids, the study said. “In-hospital mortality rates were significantly lower …

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Scientists find evidence of 'substantial' transmission of monkeypox before symptoms appear
2 years, 4 months ago

Scientists find evidence of 'substantial' transmission of monkeypox before symptoms appear

The Hindu  

Scientists have found evidence to show that the monkeypox virus can spread from an infected person up to four days before they even start exhibiting symptoms of the disease, a new study has claimed. The researchers behind the study estimated that 53% of the transmission of monkeypox occurred in this pre-symptomatic phase, meaning that many infections cannot be prevented by …

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What is Covid-19 infection period? Study reveals new insights
2 years, 7 months ago

What is Covid-19 infection period? Study reveals new insights

Live Mint  

Covid-19 virus has been changing its nature, symptoms and infection severity since it first hit the world. After conducting detailed daily tests from when a patient was exposed along their Covid-19 infection journey it was concluded that less than a quarter of patients shed infectious virus even before symptom onset. Although levels of infectiousness reduced during the course of infection, …

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Got COVID? Here Are All The Treatments Available Right Now.
2 years, 11 months ago

Got COVID? Here Are All The Treatments Available Right Now.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Over the past two years, many new COVID-19 therapies have been designed, developed and rigorously tested. We now have a handful of safe and effective treatments — from monoclonal antibodies to antivirals — that can help people with COVID-19 avoid severe outcomes like hospitalization and death. Most of the therapies out there are intended for high-risk patients …

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January 4 coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant news
3 years, 2 months ago

January 4 coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant news

CNN  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some of the data backing up its decision to shorten recommended isolation and quarantine periods for people who test positive for the coronavirus or who are exposed to someone who has it. “Infectiousness peaks around one day before symptom onset and declines within a week of symptom onset, with an average …

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Three in 10 Brits no longer self-isolate if they get Covid-like symptoms, official figures show
3 years, 4 months ago

Three in 10 Brits no longer self-isolate if they get Covid-like symptoms, official figures show

Daily Mail  

Three in 10 Britons who develop Covid symptoms do not self-isolate while they wait on their test result, official figures show. Some 75 per cent of respondents said they fully followed isolation rules for the full isolation period — from symptom onset, or testing positive if they were asymptomatic, until 10 days later. The figure is the lowest recorded since …

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Study sheds light on in-flight transmission risk of coronavirus during long-haul travel
4 years, 2 months ago

Study sheds light on in-flight transmission risk of coronavirus during long-haul travel

India TV News  

Despite diagnostic testing of passengers before the departure of international flights, instances of in-flight transmission of the novel coronavirus are likely, says a study that assessed people who travelled aboard a plane from Dubai to New Zealand. They said the third individual to test positive was asymptomatic, while symptom onset and positive test result dates for three other passengers were …

Travel Passengers Test Light New Zealand Flight Transmission
Can long-haul flights put you at risk of getting covid-19?
4 years, 2 months ago

Can long-haul flights put you at risk of getting covid-19?

Live Mint  

Despite diagnostic testing of passengers before the departure of international flights, instances of in-flight transmission of the novel coronavirus are likely, says a study that assessed people who travelled aboard a plane from Dubai to New Zealand. They said the third individual to test positive was asymptomatic, while symptom onset and positive test result dates for three other passengers were …

Passengers Test New Zealand Flight Transmission Study Dubai
COVID-19 patients are most infectious in first week of contracting virus, new study reveals
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 patients are most infectious in first week of contracting virus, new study reveals

India TV News  

Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says. They assessed key factors involved in the period of infectiousness of COVID-19 patients such as viral load, the length of …

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Study links worsening of Covid-19 with shorter time span from symptom onset to hospitalisation
4 years, 6 months ago

Study links worsening of Covid-19 with shorter time span from symptom onset to hospitalisation

Hindustan Times  

A shorter time from symptom onset to hospitalisation is associated with a more serious disease and death in patients with COVID-19, suggest the findings of new research. Worsening of Covid-19 linked with shorter time from symptom onset to hospitalisation The new research was presented at this week’s ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease. Patients with COVID-19 assessed in this study presented …

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Data | When are COVID-19 patients most likely to infect others?
4 years, 10 months ago

Data | When are COVID-19 patients most likely to infect others?

The Hindu  

Patient data from southeast Asian nations show that a significant share of COVID-19 patients passed on the infection to others when they were not showing any symptoms. Click to see graph âˆ'3âˆ'2âˆ'1012345678 image/svg+xml 0 10 20 Density Days after symptom onset Infection period started 2.3 days before the onset of symptoms in the primary case Infectiousness peaked at 0.7 days …

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What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat the coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat the coronavirus

Raw Story  

In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., around the last week of February, I joked to a colleague that maybe now, finally, people would learn how to wash their hands properly. “Maybe they pop some ibuprofen, but still go to work, still get on public transportation, still do all the things we normally do, and the …

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How U.S. Coronavirus Diagnoses Are Lagging Behind the Outbreak
4 years, 11 months ago

How U.S. Coronavirus Diagnoses Are Lagging Behind the Outbreak

New York Times  

40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 By March 21, the U.S. had nearly 25,000 reported coronavirus cases. 15 Cumulative coronavirus cases by reported date Cumulative coronavirus cases by symptom start date 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 By March 21, the U.S. had reported nearly 25,000 coronavirus cases. 15 Cumulative coronavirus cases by reported date Cumulative coronavirus cases by symptom start date …

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NSW Government grilled over handling of coronavirus issues on Ruby Princess — full press conference
5 years ago

NSW Government grilled over handling of coronavirus issues on Ruby Princess — full press conference

ABC  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant have been grilled about the state's handling of the Ruby Princess' arrival in Sydney. Thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark from the cruise ship last week despite several people being tested for coronavirus. We will be releasing a report on the cruise ship so we're transparent to the …

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