Italian start-up 3D prints valves to help coronavirus patients

Mar 16, 2020

By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Italian Cristian Fracassi heard about the shortage of...

EU weighs in with loan to support CureVac’s European operations

Mar 16, 2020

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Monday it offered up to 80 million euros ($89 million) of financial support to CureVac to scale up development and production of a coronavirus vaccine...

Some e-cigarettes may interfere with life-saving heart devices

Mar 16, 2020

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A magnetic part in e-cigarettes may prevent implanted...

France struggling to curb rate of coronavirus pandemic, health official says

Mar 16, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) – France is struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the...

Coronavirus vaccine developer CureVac CEO to go on temporary medical leave

Mar 16, 2020

(Reuters) – German drug developer CureVac AG, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine, said on Monday its recently appointed Chief Executive Officer Ingmar Hoerr will be taking a temporary medical leave. The company said...

Aimmune sees coronavirus slowing down marketing of peanut allergy therapy

Mar 16, 2020

By Saumya Joseph (Reuters) – Aimmune Therapeutics Inc on Monday warned of a slow launch of its peanut allergy therapy, as its marketing plans take a hit from U.S. authorities’ recommendation of social distancing to...

Trials of potential coronavirus treatments start for some existing drugs

Mar 16, 2020

(Reuters) – Drugs used for treating arthritis are being tested as treatments for COVID-19,...

Johnson & Johnson says no evidence HIV drug works against coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Monday there is no evidence its HIV drug,...

Fatal crashes might decline with lower legal blood alcohol limits

Mar 16, 2020

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – The blood-alcohol threshold for being considered legally impaired in the U.S. may be too high, according to a study that finds a meaningful percentage of crashes happen when drivers are...

Saudis told to stay home as Bahrain reports Gulf’s first coronavirus death

Mar 16, 2020

By Lisa Barrington and Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain reported the Arab Gulf’s...

Conference Highlights: AAAAI 2020

Mar 16, 2020

New research was to be presented at AAAAI 2020, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma &...

Poland’s environment minister tests positive for coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s environment minister Michal Wos has tested positive for coronavirus, he said in a tweet on Monday. “I feel good … and I express solidarity with all those who are sick,”...

Deserted streets, talking drones as Spain imposes state of emergency over virus

Mar 16, 2020

By Emma Pinedo and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s streets were eerily quiet...

White House working on order to cut U.S. dependency on foreign medicines

Mar 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is preparing an executive order to help relocate medical supply chains from China and elsewhere overseas to the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak, top Trump administration...

Thailand plans to close bars, schools, halt cockfights to curb coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand plans to close schools, bars, movie theaters, cockfighting...

‘I must keep up people’s spirits’: Mexico president defends rallies during coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday rejected criticism he was setting a poor example by holding mass rallies during the coronavirus scare even as his government...