For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the Fairbanks area. But a recent case resulted in a man’s death.
The tool aims to discern which patients are likely to get even sicker and which really ought to get out of the hospital waiting room, go home and rest.
While the drug aims to help clear the virus faster and reduce acute symptoms, there isn't a clear connection between that reduction and fewer instances of Long-COVID, one study has found.
These rare infections can progress quickly leading to serious and life threatening infections, including sepsis, soft-tissue necrosis, toxic shock syndrome and meningitis.