NEW YORK, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A clinical trial now underway is looking at whether blood plasma donated by people recovered from 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could be used to treat other people with the pandemic virus. Led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Montefiore Health System, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the trial will …
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BALTIMORE, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Johns Hopkins University announced the launch of the COVID-19 Testing Insights Initiative, a one-stop resource hub that fills the void of publicly-available information about COVID-19 testing data and offers critical insights, resources and expert analysis about COVID-19 testing around the nation. In the coming weeks and months, viral tests for the presence of COVID-19 …
April 29, 2020 / Lisette Voytko, Forbes Staff TOPLINE Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious diseases expert, said Wednesday in a press conference that a federal trial of the antiviral remdesivir showed the drug blocked an enzyme the virus uses, resulting in a “better” mortality rate and shorter recoveries in coronavirus patients, and that it …
April 29, 2020 / CARMEN HEREDIA RODRIGUEZ Even before a novel virus swept around the world, Anna Davis Abel wore a mask to protect herself from getting sick. The 25-year-old writer lives with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that makes her more susceptible to infection. Davis Abel’s doctor cleared her to travel to a literary …
April 29, 2020 / By Madeline Farber | Fox News A top immunologist based in Nashville, Tenn., warned this week that it is unlikely that summer heat will stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, urging the public to instead continue to heed officials’ advice on best health practices as the epidemic continues in the United States. “Some …
April 29, 2020 / By Chris Ciaccia | Fox News Concerns that SARS-CoV-2 can be spread through the air have increased after researchers in Wuhan, China discovered the genetic material of the coronavirus in airborne droplets in two hospitals, according to a new study. The research, published in the scientific journal Nature, found the virus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA) in different …
April 29, 2020 / VANESSA ROMO There’s a call Laura Jean Truman is dreading, and she’s convinced it’s just a matter of time before it comes. Truman, who’s a server at Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta, says the source of her angst is the fear that sometime in the next few weeks her boss is going …
April 29, 2020 / By Nadine Schmidt and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) – A German company working with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun human trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine that could supply millions by the end of the year, according to the two firms. Pfizer says it will begin testing the experimental vaccine in the …
April 29, 2020 / By Joshua Nelson | Fox News The CEO of Xenex Disinfection Services explained to Fox News on Wednesday how ultraviolet light can disinfect the coronavirus on masks in “about two minutes.” “Different germs are vulnerable to UV light at different wavelengths,” Morris Miller told “Fox & Friends First.” Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said Monday that a research team is …
April 29, 2020 / By James Rogers | Fox News The experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir has generated “positive data” in a trial of the antiviral organized by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), according to developer Gilead Sciences. “We understand that the trial has met its primary endpoint and that NIAID will provide detailed information at an upcoming briefing,” …
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