Monthly Archives: July 2020

Four charged with murder for murder of rapper Pop Smoke

Two adults and two teens were charged with murder on Monday in the shooting death of rapper Pop Smoke inside a Hollywood Hills home earlier this year. Prosecutors said Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, killed the rapper in the course of a burglary at a multi-million dollar home …

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Linked to Fewer Deaths in COVID Patients

Two new studies have revealed that rheumatoid arthritis medication tocilizumab is associated with lower death rates in COVID-19 patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Tocilizumab blocks interleukin-6 (IL-6), an inflammatory protein involved in a potential “cytokine storm” that can lead to respiratory failure in patients with coronavirus. In the first single-center observational …

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