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Please Don’t Freak Out About the Latest Coronavirus Antibody Study
Early data from an ongoing study in the UK is setting off a wave of alarm over the pandemic this week. It found evidence that…
Why horses are bled and left to die to produce diphtheria treatment
If you were to contract diphtheria today, you would be injected with an antitoxin made with blood from horses, many of which are kept in…
A Flu Vaccine May Provide Some Protection Against Covid-19, Dutch Study Suggests
Preliminary research out this month may provide you with a bit more incentive to get the flu vaccine. It found evidence that flu vaccination led…
Medicare and Medicaid to cover early Covid vaccine
The Trump administration this week will announce a plan to cover the out-of-pocket costs of Covid-19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or…
Lilly antibody drug fails in a COVID-19 study; others go on
U.S. government officials are putting an early end to a study testing an Eli Lilly antibody drug for people hospitalized with COVID-19 because it doesn’t…
The coronavirus is starting to crush some hospitals
Some states are seeing dangerous levels of coronavirus hospitalizations, with hospitals warning that they could soon become overwhelmed if no action is taken to slow…
Sanders hits back at Trump’s attack on ‘socialized medicine’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lashed out at President Trump in a new video on Friday, criticizing the president for attacking “socialized medicine” during the presidential…
Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases
The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign of the disease’s grip on…
Remdesivir becomes first coronavirus drug to get FDA approval
<p>US regulators signed off on the drug, which is given to hospitalised patients through an IV, on Thursday</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/remdesivir-coronavirus-drug-fda-covid-vaccine-b1236098.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…
Why the U.S. doesn’t have an at-home coronavirus test yet
Fast at-home coronavirus tests could help bring the United States’ surging outbreak under control — if companies developing the tests can convince regulators that the…
New CDC Study Shows How Covid-19 Is Deadlier Than the Flu
A new report fresh from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights the stark difference between covid-19 and the seasonal flu. For hospitalized patients,…
New organ in throat accidentally discovered by scientists researching prostate cancer
<p>Small glands are located at base of the skull, meaning they had gone undetected. Their discovery could have serious implications for radiation therapy</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/throat-new-organ-salivary-glands-prostate-cancer-b1198939.html…
US records more than 70,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day, reaching midsummer levels
The United States reported a total of 70,450 coronavirus cases on Friday, making it the highest single-day increase for the country since late July, according…
The ‘nerdy virologists’ steering the U.S. vaccine race
As the race for the first coronavirus vaccines rounds the final turn, an obscure but influential panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers is emerging…
Coronavirus: Does the flu vaccine protect you from contracting Covid?
<p>Flu vaccines protect against seasonal influenza, not coronavirus — but avoiding the flu is especially important this year</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-flu-vaccine-2020-covid-jab-side-effects-b1041922.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…
Bill Gates says Donald Trump should not call antibody cocktail a ‘cure’ for Covid-19
<p>But billionaire admits that Regeneron drug is ‘most promising’ one available</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gats-trump-regeneron-drug-antibody-coronavirus-covid-19-b1016932.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The…
How cells taken from decades-old fetal tissue are used in Covid-19 drug research
A very old line of cells is helping scientists determine just how well certain coronavirus treatments work. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-cells-taken-decades-old-fetal-tissue-are-used-covid-n1242740 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
Trump’s ‘miracles coming down from God’ rely on fetal tissue from abortions
The hypocrisy knows no bounds, but this is what we expect from Trump. Technology Review: This week, President Donald Trump extolled the cutting-edge coronavirus treatments…
‘We are catastrophically short of doctors’: Coronavirus surge in Ukraine puts hospitals under strain
Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are hitting towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country Source:…
Doctors who treated Trump on mystery 2019 hospital visit signed non-disclosure agreements
NBC News reports that the medical professionals to attended to Donald Trump on his mystery 2019 trip to Walter Reed hospital were given nondisclosure agreements…
Regeneron: How easy is it for ordinary Americans to access coronavirus treatment recommended by Trump?
<p>US drugmaker requests approval for 50,000 doses of treatment used on president </p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/trump-covid-coronavirus-regeneron-drug-available-buy-b884478.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you….
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