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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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An antiviral drug seen as a potentially promising treatment for the new coronavirus reportedly failed to help patients in a Chinese study. The clinical trial found that remdesivir — the Gilead Sciences medicine developed to treat Ebola — didn’t help COVID-19 patients recover faster or prevent them from dying, according to news reports. Results from …
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A scientist at a medicines company performs research for a coronavirus vaccine at a laboratory in San Diego, Calif., U.S., March 17, 2020. A clinical trial of a potential antiviral treatment for the coronavirus is showing early signs of success: nearly all the coronavirus patients in the trial were discharged in less than a week …
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Attorney General Bill Barr called the media’s reaction to the use of hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus “quite strange,” and criticized the “jihad” aimed at discrediting the drug following President Trump’s touting of it as a potential “game-changer.” “The politicization of decisions like hydroxychloroquine has been amazing to me,” Barr said in an …
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Former “Bachelor” star Colton Underwood claims two controversial drugs heavily touted by President Donald Trump “saved” his life after he tested positive for coronavirus. The reality star, 28, told host Maria Menounos on her “Better Together” podcast on Tuesday that his doctor put him on two medications praised by the President in his daily press …
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is touting the end of a dispute with 3M to supply millions of masks to medical professionals on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus. Trump said that the “3M saga ends very happily. We’re very proud to be dealing now with 3M.” The president said that the …
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US health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining that a contamination issue with the medications poses a greater risk than previously thought. The move from the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday applies to all prescription and over-the-counter versions of ranitidine, best known by the brand …
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White House Coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, March 29, 2020. White House Coronavirus Task Force response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Monday said U.S. deaths from the illness will eventually reach between 100,000 and 200,000, even if Americans continue …
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The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news site Expats.cz. The tests can produce …
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 …
