#Covid19
May 13, 2020
Did you know most of our generic drugs come from China? Lynne Peterson is the Senior Writer for Trends-in-Medicine.This is Part 2 of our 2-part Covid-19 Update, focusing on supplies, therapeutics, an...
May 12, 2020
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday it has signed non-exclusive licensing pacts with five generic drugmakers based in India and Pakistan to expand the supply of its experime...
May 12, 2020
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, up nearly 10,000 from ...
May 12, 2020
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll now exceeds 40,000, by far the worst yet reported in Europe, raising more questions about Prime M...
May 12, 2020
By Gleb Stolyarov and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday he had tested positive for t...
May 12, 2020
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Health policy experts say the United States must dramatically increase the availability of tests for the coronavirus if it is to safely reope...
May 12, 2020
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill — May 12, 2020 — The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and Mayo Clinic have partnered to launch the first global COVID-19 registry that tracks ICU and hospital care patt...
May 12, 2020
These and other updates from the U.S. and around the world Lynne Peterson is the Senior Writer for Trends-in-Medicine.This is Part 1 of a 2-part Covid-19 update, focusing on all things Covid-19.Be ca...
May 12, 2020
Analysis finds more than 5,000 excess NYC deaths in addition to confirmed, probable fatalities As Covid-19 sweeps across the U.S., New York City has been hit particularly hard, with nearly 20,000 con...
May 12, 2020
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Tuesday reported two new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing the total to 3,017 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak started in January. ...
May 11, 2020
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID-19 than other women, according to a preliminary study in Britain, bu...
May 11, 2020
BEIJING (Reuters) - Wuhan reported its first cluster of coronavirus infections since a lockdown on the city, the epicentre of the outbreak in China, was lifted a month ago, stoking conc...
May 11, 2020
Source: Practice recommendations for lung cancer radiotherapy during COVID-19 pandemic: An ESTRO-ASTRO Consensus Statement View or Download Full Statement (PDF) These are your patients. ...
May 11, 2020
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Men in the lowest-skilled jobs have the highest death rates involving COVID-19 among working-age people, according to data for Engl...
May 11, 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as con...
May 11, 2020
Data released on May 8 by the UK’s Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) shows the mortality rate for 4287 COVID 19 patients who received advanced respiratory support was 58.8...
May 11, 2020
The test will allow results within minutes but the FDA warned of false negative risk WASHINGTON — The FDA announced that it has granted an emergency use authorization (EUS) for an antigen test ...
May 11, 2020
Shorter viral shedding, symptom duration reported in patients treated early with mild to moderate disease A triple antiviral cocktail of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir, and ribavirin signifi...
May 11, 2020
Death of 5-year-old boy in NY being investigated as Covid-related A rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to coronavirus had been reported in 73 hospitalized children in and ar...
May 11, 2020
EUA builds on early approval for home nose swab test WASHINGTON — The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a home Covid-19 saliva test to Rutgers Clinical Genomic Laboratory....