Covid-19: Pfizer, BioNTech Announce Human Trials of Vaccine
Stocks rally, companies join global race for an effective vaccine Human trials of a vaccine for...
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Covid-19: Does Mutation Increase SARS-CoV-2 Transmissibility?
Los Alamos research intriguing but caution is urged Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory,...
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Who can make Gilead’s coronavirus drug, licence free?
(Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc is in talks with chemical and drug makers to produce its...
Read MoreIllinois county to probe earlier deaths from heart attacks, pneumonia for COVID-19
(Reuters) – Health officials in the U.S. state of Illinois’ Cook County, which includes the city of Chicago, will probe deaths involving heart attacks and pneumonia for indications of COVID-19 as far back as...
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Covid-19: Contact Tracing Challenges Mount as More Is Learned About Viral Shedding
Contact tracing must include asymptomatic period of index case Evidence from researchers in Taiwan...
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Covid-19: NEJM Triples Down to Debunk ACE-Inhibitor/ARBs Risk Myth
Three observational studies agree: no RAAS/SARS-CoV-2 link For those who continue to harbor doubts...
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Covid-19: Remdesivir Gets FDA Emergency Approval
Authorization spurred by preliminary results from NIH trial WASHINGTON — The FDA issued an...
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Covid-19: FDA Tightens Restrictions on Antibody Tests
Agency moves to block subpar tests, bad actors from the market WASHINGTON — The FDA revised...
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Covid-19: QT Prolongation Common in Patients Treated with Malaria Drug
Two studies add to concerns about hydroxychloroquine safety Two studies published Friday raised...
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Recommendations Made for PPE Use by HCPs in COVID-19 Care
Guidelines address mask, glove, face shield use in conventional, contingency, crisis capacity settings
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FDA Goes After Unproven COVID-19 Antibody Tests
Companies selling tests will be required to submit data proving accuracy within next 10 days
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Patients With Cancer Seem More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Frequency of severe events highest for patients with hematologic cancer, lung cancer, and metastatic cancer
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Early Awake Proning for COVID-19 Improves Oxygen Saturation
Improvement in oxygen saturation seen with awake early self-proning in the emergency department
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Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Ups Risk for QTc Prolongation
Concurrent treatment with azithromycin linked to greater changes in corrected QT interval
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Conflicting Data on Remdesivir for Covid-19 Highlight Efficacy Questions
Drug shows promise in an unpublished trial, but no benefit in first peer-reviewed clinical trial...
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Nearly a dozen approved drugs could be effective against COVID-19: study
By Saumya Joseph (Reuters) – At least 10 different drug compounds ranging from cancer...
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AstraZeneca teams up with Oxford University to develop COVID-19 vaccine
By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – Britain’s AstraZeneca <AZN.L> joined forces with...
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Latest on the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus
(Reuters) – More than 3.21 million people have reportedly been infected by the novel...
Read MoreSwiss researchers see sewage as early warning sign for COVID flares
ZURICH (Reuters) – Researchers in Switzerland have been able to detect the new corovarirus at even low concentrations in wastewater, offering a potential early warning system for flareups in infections as countries emerge...
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Data on Gilead drug raises hopes in pandemic fight, Fauci calls it ‘highly significant’
By Deena Beasley and Manas Mishra (Reuters) – The top U.S. infectious disease official said...
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