Yes, you can catch the flu and Covid. No, 'fluorna' isn't real.
Testing for Covid at the time was sluggish and expensive and in limited supply. Hospitals across the city were beginning to overfill. So doctors at the hospital often ordered several tests for patients, trying to identify — or eliminate from suspicion — other possible infections.
At first, doctors worried more for these patients, whose immune systems were fighting two battles at once. But the research may offer an intriguing window into viral interference, when one virus suppresses the effects of another, and contribute to a growing body of evidence about how the phenomenon acts. Viruses can also enhance other infections and make people sicker, which has beenLearning more about the complex interactions among viruses within the same host could help researchers better understand the complex patterns of epidemics.
But these coinfections are rather interesting to researchers. When someone is infected with two viruses, there are three options for how it could play out. It’s a third option — which seems counterintuitive — that is perhaps most intriguing. If infections are closely spaced in time, it’s possible for one infection to block another, researchers say.
“It will create a state where your antiviral response is turned on for days to probably a week,” Foxman said.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Why scientists are racing to develop more COVID antiviralsThe first crop of antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 is promising. But new drugs will be needed to counter the looming threat of resistance.
Read more »
Why scientists are racing to develop more COVID antiviralsThe first crop of antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 is promising. But new drugs will be needed to counter the looming threat of resistance.
Read more »
Why scientists are racing to develop more COVID antiviralsThe first crop of antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 is promising. But new drugs will be needed to counter the looming threat of resistance.
Read more »
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations plateau in SF but 'still high,' officials say'Well, the good news is things are starting to plateau.' Mayor Breed says the city is still seeing additional cases, and hospitalizations are still high, but 'we have the capacity to handle what is coming our way.'
Read more »
Austria's parliament approves COVID vaccine mandate for all adultsAustria's parliament has voted to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults from Feb. 1, the first of its kind in Europe.
Read more »