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‘The US needs to win the vaccine race’: Former FDA commissioner says Americans cannot rely on Europe and China for jab to prevent coronavirus Dr Scott Gottlieb was the US Food and Drug Administration commissioner from 2017 to April 2019 In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, he says its vital the US manufactures … Read more
Internet searches for two anti-malaria drugs soared after high-profile endorsements from a tech billionaire and the President of the United States as potential treatments for the novel coronavirus, a new study finds. Because there are no treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), people may end up searching for unproven therapies. Two … Read more
Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. will be taking strong action against China as he ordered investigations into Beijing after claiming they knew about the coronavirus threat earlier than let on and could have done more to stop the pandemic. ‘We’re coming up with a very distinct recommendation. But we’re not happy with it,’ … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may announce its decision allowing emergency use authorization of an antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients as early as Wednesday. It comes after studies showed that remdesivir, made by California-based Gilead Sciences, helped patients go from relying on oxygen to leaving hospital in two weeks, reported The New … Read more
New graphs suggest social distancing measures may need to continue through the summer in many states to prevent a resurgence of the novel coronavirus. Researchers found that fewer options for control later and a higher likelihood of exceeding hospital capacity would occur if measures were relaxed in May or earlier like many governors have done. … Read more
Eating meat IMPROVES mental health and one in three vegetarians are depressed, study claims Study found vegetarians are twice as likely to take medication for mental illness Scientists found vegetarians are nearly three times as likely to consider suicide Researchers reviewed 18 studies involving a total of 160,257 participants By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 17:44 … Read more
More than half of severely ill coronavirus patients treated with Ebola drug remdesivir recovered and were discharged from hospital within two weeks, trial results reveal Gilead Sciences treated 200 severely ill coronavirus patients with its Ebola antiviral remdesivir Regardless of whether they were treated for five or 10 days, more than half of the patients … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits Britain may not hire its army of 18,000 contact tracers until mid-May Ministers last week announced a three-step plan to ease UK out of lockdown It included recruiting 18,000 contact tracers to ramp up a surveillance scheme Mr Hancock last night said he did not expect to have that many … Read more
A clinical trial is being launched to test an asthma drug’s effectiveness in treating deadly conditions caused by the novel coronavirus. The drug, called ibudilast – which has been approved to treat asthma in Japan and South Korea – has shown promise in improving lung health in mouse models. The team, from Yale University’s New Haven … Read more
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has improved the survival and recovery odds for about 90 percent of patients treated with the controversial medication, a physicians group claims. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presented data on 2,333 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine – including two supervised by Dr Oz – across the globe that shows … Read more