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It appears that ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” 30 for 30 documentary, which chronicled the famous 1998 home run chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, was a swing and miss for some. While people are starved for baseball as MLB and the players association continue to struggle to find common ground amid contract negotiations that …
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Gilead Sciences is developing easier-to-administer versions of its antiviral treatment remdesivir for COVID-19 that could be used outside of hospitals, including ones that can be inhaled, after trials showed moderate effectiveness for the drug given by infusion. Remdesivir is the only drug so far that has been shown to help patients with COVID-19, but Gilead …
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Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir showed signs of helping certain coronavirus patients in a study showing better results from a shorter course of treatment, the company said Monday. People with moderate COVID-19 pneumonia who took a five-day treatment of remdesivir were 65 percent more likely to show “clinical improvement” at day 11 than people who …
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The chief executive of AstraZeneca, which is developing a leading coronavirus vaccine with Oxford University, said it is too early to deliberately expose trial participants to the pathogen, but it may become an option if ongoing tests hit a snag. The British drugmaker last week started phase 2 and 3 trials of the vaccine, looking …
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Kyle Newman has fired back at estranged wife Jaime King, claiming in court papers she’s a “chronic drug addict and alcoholic.” Newman, 44, claimed in court documents filed Friday morning and obtained by Page Six that the “Hart of Dixie” actress, 41, “refuses to acknowledge that she has a problem, let alone seek meaningful treatment …
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In his buzzy new memoir “The Chiffon Trenches,” André Leon Talley reveals that legendary fashion designer Halston had an interesting way of wrapping up his supper parties. “Halston used to have me over for dinner,” the 70-year-old Vogue veteran writes, “and he would serve a baked potato with caviar and sour cream. For dessert: a …
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The heir to a frozen health-food empire was ordered quarantined and barred from seeing his three kids after he went out “partying” amid the coronavirus crisis — and openly left a stash of drugs in the Hamptons home where they were staying with a nanny, The Post has learned. Larry Praeger — whose late dad, …
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Fittingly, three-time 3-Point Contest champion Craig Hodges came from all the way downtown to call out his former teammate, Michael Jordan. Hodges, who played on the Chicago Bulls in the ’80s and ’90s, apparently has joined the rest of America in watching “The Last Dance,” ESPN’s 10-part docuseries on Jordan and the final year of …
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Pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences Inc. on Wednesday announced that an early trial of its experimental anti-viral drug remdesivir indicates that the medication could be effective in treating coronavirus patients early in the infection’s onset. According to the study, 62 percent of coronavirus patients treated with the drug early on were discharged from the hospital, while …
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Jason Mitchell claims his recent arrest for drug and gun possession is a “misunderstanding.” The “Straight Outta Compton” star’s agent, Dr. Glenn Toby, explained to The Blast that when Mitchell, 33, was arrested, he was driving a friend’s rental car and the ecstasy, marijuana and guns found in the vehicle belonged to someone else. Toby …
It appears that ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” 30 for 30 documentary, which chronicled the famous 1998 home run chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, was a swing and miss for some. While people are starved for baseball as MLB and the players association continue to struggle to find common ground amid contract negotiations that …
