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THE QUESTION Can rubbing Neosporin or another antibiotic cream inside your nostrils prevent you from getting coronavirus? OUR SOURCES ...

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A tube of Neosporin antibiotic ointment in Illinois on April 14, 2016. Credit - Daniel Acker/Bloomberg—Getty Images For years, researchers have been working on vaccines that aim to prevent viral ...

It was exploring the possibility that one antibiotic, neomycin, in Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment might have action against COVID, influenza, and other respiratory viruses.

A fingerful of Neosporin antibiotic swabbed inside your nose might help you fight off a range of invading respiratory viruses, a new study claims.

A: Neomycin is one of the antibiotics found in Neosporin ointment. Research suggests that one out of 10 individuals reacts to neomycin with a nasty rash (Dermatitis, January-February 2013).

A small study recently published in PNAS presents a similar, if lower-tech, idea. Coating the inside of the nose with the over-the-counter antibiotic ointment Neosporin seems to trigger an immune ...