What Did the Research Discover? Researchers investigated whether COVID-19 infection increases the long-term risk of developing autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders. The study included 6,912,427 participants in South Korea, with 3,145,388 individuals who had COVID-19 and 3,767,039 who did not. The participants were followed for at least 180...
What Did the Research Discover? Scientists investigated how the 2019-nCoV coronavirus (now known as SARS-CoV-2) spread to humans and whether previous claims about its origins were accurate. Earlier studies suggested that snakes were an intermediate host and that the virus had genetic sequences similar to HIV-1, raising concerns about its origin. To test these...
What is JESDUVROQ prescribed for? To treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease for adults on dialysis for at least four months. What is the name of the drug and what does it do? JESDUVROQ (generic name: daprodustat), pronounced “jez–DOOV–rok,” is a type of medicine that helps people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who have been on...
What is ORSERDU prescribed for? For treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men, with ERpositive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy What is the name of the drug and what does it do? ORSERDU (generic name: elacestrant), pronounced...
What is Sohonos prescribed for? Sohonos is prescribed to reduce the volume of new heterotopic ossification in adults and pediatric patients (aged 8 years and older for females and 10 years and older for males) with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. What is the name of the drug and what does it do? Sohonos, pronounced so-ho-nos, (generic name:...
What is Izervay prescribed for? Izervay is prescribed to treat geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration. What is the name of the drug and what does it do? Izervay, pronounced EYE-ZER-VEY, (generic name: avacincaptad pegol) is a prescription medication approved for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA), which is a...