In the never ending battle with COVID-19, new studies have demonstrated a role for IVIG in the treatment of acute COVID-19 pneumonia, the potential benefit of honey and black seed in mild to moderate COVID-19, and the efficacy of an mRNA vaccine. What does this all mean for current practice?

Additional References:

IVIG: Gharebaghi, N., Nejadrahim, R., Mousavi, S.J. et al. The use of intravenous immunoglobulin gamma for the treatment of severe coronavirus disease 2019: a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial. BMC Infect Dis 20, 786 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05507-4 

Honey: Ashraf S, Ashraf S, Imran M, et al. Efficacy of honey and Nigella sativa against COVID-19: HNS-COVID-PK Trial. medRxiv 2020.10.30.20217364; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.30.20217364 

Cleveland Clinic Hospitalization Risk for COVID-19 Positive Calculator: https://riskcalc.org/COVID19Hospitalization/ 

Cleveland Clinic Predict COVID-19 test result Calculator: https://riskcalc.org/COVID19/ 

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