Although a “very bold plan,” Director Collins feels optimistic. On Thursday, the National Institute of Health Director Francis Collins discussed the newly-announced projection of what Americans can expect…
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Convalescent Plasma Safe Treatment, Study Shows
Found effective in 5,000 patients across the country. A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic, Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University studied thousands of COVID-19 patients who…
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Experts Testify on COVID-19 before Senate Committee
Provide extensive information on treatments, economy, and health statistics. A group of respected, experienced researchers spoke to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs last week. These…
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White House to Coordinate Distribution of Experimental Drug
Planned effort to prevent bidding wars over COVID-19 treatment, Remdesivir. The company that developed the first drug that tested successfully for COVID-19 recovery, Gilead Sciences, plans to donate…
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Human Trials for Potential Vaccine Begin
Part of a worldwide scramble. Pfizer and the German company BioNTech announced Tuesday that they have begun human trials on a potential vaccine against the coronavirus. The first…
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Defense Agency Claims “Game-Changer” Virus Test
Pre-infectious test awaits FDA approval. There are currently no known scientific cures for COVID-19, but scientists at the United States most advanced military agency have designed a test…
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FDA Clears First COVID-19 Drug for Emergency Use
“Important clinical advancement” cleared with “lightning speed.” The intravenous drug developed by Gilead Science had shown in group studies to reduce COVID-19 hospitalization from a 15 day average…
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States Scramble to Purchase Malaria Drug
Though it is no longer encouraged by the FDA as a treatment for the virus. State governments have reportedly been in bidding wars with each other over a…
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President’s Coronavirus Update for Monday
Testing is vital to getting the country reopened. Testing for the coronavirus was again an uppermost topic at the president’s briefing with the coronavirus task force on Monday.…
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Experimental Drug Showing Promise Against Virus
Patients in Chicago are recovering rapidly. An experimental antiviral drug has been given to 125 patients in Chicago as part of a study to treat coronavirus. It is…
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