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World Takes Stock of COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir After US Snaps Up Supplies
Some governments in Europe and Asia said on Wednesday they have enough of Gilead's COVID-19 anti-viral remdesivir for now despite fears of shortages since the US drugmaker...
1 hour ago - Medscape - 9 articles
MS Disability, Not Drug Therapy, Tied to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes
In patients with MS, disability, age, and obesity were the main risk factors for COVID-19 severity in a new French study. Medscape Medical News
1 hour ago - Medscape - 7 articles
Asthma Drug Salbutamol Shows Promise as Alzheimer's Treatment
A new study reveals that the common asthma drug salbutamol may offer potential as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
2 hours ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Drug-driving laws are destructive and ineffective
Some of the saddest cases I dealt with were single mothers in tears, asking how they would manage to get their children to after-school activities. All for a detectable, but...
3 hours ago - Sydney Morning Herald
Researchers develop new electronic tool to prevent dangerous polypharmacy
We have an aging population. As the population ages, the prevalence of chronic disease increases. As a result, more and more drugs are prescribed.
3 hours ago - News Medical
Bikies setting up chapters in south-east Asia to send drugs into Australia
Outlaw motorcycle gangs are setting up chapters in south-east Asia in a bid to move hundreds of kilograms of drugs into Australia.
3 hours ago - Sydney Morning Herald
US FDA Issues Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Approval
The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released guidance for approving a coronavirus vaccine, saying the vaccine has to prevent or decrease disease severity in at least...
3 hours ago - Medscape - 2 articles
Complete Heart Block Secondary to Flecainide Toxicity: Is It Time for CYP2D6 Genotype Testing?
Flecainide acetate is a Vaughan-Williams class IC antiarrhythmic drug prescribed for the treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias. It has a narrow therapeutic index and...
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Cancer Cells Make Blood Vessels Resistant To Chemotherapy
Scientists at Hokkaido University have identified how inflammatory changes in tumors caused by chemotherapy trigger blood vessel anomalies and thus drug-resistance, resulting...
7 hours ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Four-drug Combo is More Effective in Treating Resistant Cancer
New therapeutic approach to treat resistant tumors is by using combination of different drugs at low doses.
7 hours ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
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Coronavirus US: Fears new data means death rate about to soar
The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in the US has surged to more than 35,000 from a low of 27,000 in mid-June, suggesting a spate of deaths might be round the corner.
Where NYC COVID-19 patients are treated may determine death risks
Data obtained by the New York Times shows that mortality rates for COVID-19 patients are as low as 11 percent at private Manhattan hospitals, and over 40 percent at public...
Stroke More Likely in COVID-19 Than Flu Patients
COVID-19 patients had a significantly higher risk of ischemic stroke than respiratory flu patients, data from two New York City hospitals suggested. Stroke occurred in 1.6% of...
NHS Test and Trace is STILL failing to find a quarter of...
Of the 6,183 Covid-19 UK patients who were referred to the contact tracing programme between June 18 and June 24, just 4,639 were actually tracked down .
As Cases Jump, Are We Better Prepared for COVID?
There are record numbers of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., with several states in the South and West driving the resurgence. Texas has closed its bars, California has closed its...
Why does the virus that causes COVID-19 have properties never before found...
Just as experts think they are beginning to understand SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - new information comes to light that creates more confusion. When the first...
Coronavirus jab won't be a cure-all: Head of UK's vaccine taskforce warns
Kate Bingham told MPs today she was confident the UK would have a vaccine against Covid-19 by early 2021. But she said she was less optimistic the jab could protect against...
Houston hospitals' ICUs overflowing as coronavirus cases surge
Houston's intensive-care wards are being filled beyond capacity, forcing hospitals in America's fourth-largest city to tap into “surge capacity” to cope with a resurgent Wuhan...
INSANITY: Walmart doesn't believe all lives matter, stops selling "All Lives...
After they received significant public backlash online, retail giant Walmart announced on June 30 that they will no longer sell any products that sport the phrase “All Lives...
Ex-DEA agent uses National Institutes of Health to defraud millions
The National Institutes of Health and other government agencies were conned out of large sums of money by an ex-DEA agent posing as an undercover CIA operative. The integrity...