Coronavirus and The Flu: New Drug May Be MNBT? - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Coronavirus and The Flu: New Drug May Be MNBT? - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Coronavirus and The Flu: New Drug May Be MNBT? (2nd Week) ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Last year, 34,000 people died of the flu. This year’s flu season isn’t over, but it is on course to be one of the worst in a decade. Add to that the fears surrounding the deadly coronavirus, which are keeping infectious disease specialists on high alert. Continue »

Detecting Congenital Heart Defects Before Birth! CLEVELAND, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — One in a hundred babies are born with some type of congenital heart defects. Now doctors are saving the tiniest of babies even before birth. Continue »

Living With LVAD (2nd Week) DALLAS, Texas (Ivanhoe Newswire) — They used to be considered temporary life-savers … mechanical ‘helpers’ to keep ailing hearts pumping until a new heart could be transplanted.  Continue »

Parental Depression Leads to Kids’ Health Problems ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — About one in five kids in the United States lives with a parent with severe depression. Now a new study out of the University of Georgia says the effects of that can follow kids into adulthood. Continue »

MCAM Blocks Opioids Fatal Effects? SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Opioids, mostly used as pain killers, are incredibly addictive. Although there are many kinds, fentanyl is the drug of choice of addicts.  It is 100 times more potent than morphine. Continue »

For latest COVID-19 Information:
 

CDC

World Health Organization

Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Information Center

Cleveland Clinic

 

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

Lab in A Box: Adaptive PCR 
Mindy Leelawong, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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Quote of the week:

“Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.” 

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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