A protein called CD47 that helps damaged cells avoid destruction by the immune system may be contributing to severe cases of Covid-19, researchers suggested in a report. In other news, Gilead Sciences Inc.’s intravenous antiviral drug remdesivir helped keep high-risk Covid-19 patients out of the hospital in a randomized trial.
COVID Update: COVID-19 Cuts Life Expectancy to WWII Levels, Regeneron and Boosters
ABC New, BioNTech, Children, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 booster shots, COVID-19 Vaccines, Life Expectancy, Moderna, Oxford University, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Therapeutics, United States, Western Europe, World Health Organization, World War IIA study out of Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science found that the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the largest drop in life expectancy in western Europe since World War II.
The Covid-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy in 2020 by the largest amount since World War Two, according to a study published on Sept. 27 by Oxford University, with the life expectancy of American men dropping by more than two years.
Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 to 77.3 years – the lowest level since 2003 – primarily due to the deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a U.S. health agency said on July 21.