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Arthritis drug trial may only help the most critically iil coronavirus patients

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Preliminary results of a study testing a rheumatoid arthritis drug disappointed after indicating it may only help the sickest coronavirus patients. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA had been studying Kevzara in hopes it would mitigate the immune system’s overreaction to the virus, dampening hopes the medicine could benefit a wider group of those infected. … Read more

Lung bypass machines that oxygenate blood have kept 68% of critically ill coronavirus patients alive

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Experimental coronavirus treatment that pumps oxygen into the blood of patients on ventilators improves their survival rates three-fold, early data suggests Early research out of Japan showed success in doctors using ECMO machines to treat coronavirus patients aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship The machines pump and oxygenate a patient’s blood outside the body, which … Read more

Chinese doctors critically ill with COVID-19 wake up with darkened skin

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Critically ill Wuhan doctors wake to find their skin has turned dark after beating coronavirus on the verge of death Dr Yi and Dr Hu were left fighting for their lives after catching the virus at work Doctors saved them by hooking them to a life-support machine called ECMO Change of their skin tone is … Read more

Health boss warns hospitals running ‘critically low’ on gowns and face ‘hand-to-mouth’ supply of PPE

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A health boss has warned hospitals are running ‘critically low’ on gowns and face a ‘hand-to-mouth’ supply of PPE as orders from China are delayed. The chief executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson, said several trusts have received deliveries of emergency supplies while those with a surplus have been asked to share their supplies with … Read more

Pharmacies are running critically low on key drugs

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Pharmacies are running critically low on key drugs including Paracetamol as Boots warns staff stocks will run out by the end of trading next week The company expects stocks to have run out by the 28th March next week  Company memo has warned staff of dwindling supplies in their warehouses Boots will limit sale of all products … Read more

Explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison, 83, falls critically ill with coronavirus

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Explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison is critically ill with Covid-19, just days after he was ‘skiing like a demon’, his family said. The 83-year-old fell ill on Monday – two days after returning from a skiing trip to France with his wife, Louella, 68. He was rushed from their home near Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall, to Derriford … Read more