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Largest US Study of COVID-19: Obesity Single Biggest Chronic Factor

Apr 14, 2020

Factors associated with hospitalization and critical illness among 4,103 patients with Covid-19 disease in New York City VIEW OR DOWNLOAD PRE-PRINT STUDY (PDF) Abstract Background: Little is kn...

Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19

Apr 14, 2020

Data on 53 Patients Treated With Investigational Antiviral Remdesivir Through the Compassionate Use Program Published in New England Journal of Medicine Remdesivir treatment resulted in clinical i...

'Mixed picture' in Europe, COVID-19 vaccine at least 12 months off: WHO

Apr 14, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of new cases of COVID-19 is easing in some parts of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but outbreaks are still growing i...

Bahrain sets up coronavirus ICU in military hospital car park

Apr 14, 2020

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain has converted the multi-storey car park of a military hospital into a 130-bed intensive care unit for patients with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by...

Swiss ICUs face drug bottlenecks as world scrambles for coronavirus meds

Apr 14, 2020

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland faces shortages of medicine including painkillers needed to treat coronavirus patients in the country's intensive care units, a health ministry official s...

UK does not face health versus economics choice over coronavirus: Sunak

Apr 14, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said the government was not facing a choice between slowing the spread of the coronavirus or protecting the economy. ...

GSK, Sanofi strike deal to develop COVID-19 vaccine

Apr 14, 2020

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Sanofi SA said on Tuesday they would develop a vaccine to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. The drugmakers said they expect to star...

South Korea set to double supply of coronavirus tests to U.S.

Apr 14, 2020

By Hyunjoo Jin and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SolGent has secured an order to supply a U.S. government agency with an additional 7,500 kits which can ea...

AstraZeneca to test impact of cancer drug Calquence on coronavirus patients

Apr 14, 2020

By Aakash B (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc <AZN.L> said on Tuesday it would start a clinical trial of its cancer drug Calquence to assess its potential to control the e...

New York, California and other states plan for reopening as coronavirus crisis eases

Apr 13, 2020

By Maria Caspani and Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ten U.S. governors on the east and west coasts banded together on Monday in two regional pacts to coordinate...

Russian border becomes China's frontline in fight against second virus wave

Apr 13, 2020

By Yew Lun Tian and Huizhong Wu SUIFENHE, China (Reuters) - China's northeastern border with Russia has become a frontline in the fight against a resurgence of the coronav...

Brazil minister urges unified voice as Bolsonaro downplays coronavirus

Apr 13, 2020

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, effectively calling out President Jair Bolson...

U.N. agencies: 117 million children may miss measles shots due to COVID-19

Apr 13, 2020

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - More than 117 million children could miss out on immunization against measles as the COVID-19 pandemic forces social distancing and pile...

WHO chief says confident U.S. funding will continue in COVID fight

Apr 13, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and Silke Koltrowitz GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced confidence on Monday that the United States woul...

New ventilator-sharing device eases treatment of two COVID-19 patients at once

Apr 13, 2020

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - A hospital in Connecticut has successfully employed a new 3D-printed device that makes it possible to modify one ventilator for use in two crit...

U.S. sailor from coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier dies after contracting virus

Apr 13, 2020

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy sailor died on Monday after contracting the coronavirus aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Rooseve...

Iran records 4,585 coronavirus deaths as restrictions eased

Apr 13, 2020

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 4,585, with 111 more overnight, a health ministry official said on Monday, adding the total number of infe...

Greece has won a battle against COVID-19 but war is not over: PM

Apr 13, 2020

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis praised the country's efforts to contain the coronavirus on Monday but said there was no room for complacency before Orthodox...

Putin says Russia may need the army to help battle coronavirus

Apr 13, 2020

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia might need to call in the army to help tackle the coronavirus cri...

UK chief adviser expects COVID deaths curve to plateau for two or three weeks

Apr 13, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should expect the number of daily deaths from coronavirus to continue to rise this week, followed by a plateau for a period of two to three weeks, the governm...

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