[ad_1] Gilead will get its drug remdesivir to Covid-19 patients as soon as this week after getting USbacking for emergency use. The drug has shown positive results in helping hospitalized patients recover more quickly. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the drug under an emergency use authorization, a step by which the agency … Read more
[ad_1] The North West of England has the highest number of coronavirus patients in hospital, the first time that a region’s total has passed London during the pandemic. London has been the epicenter for most of the UK outbreak and at the height of the crisis had far more cases than in any other area. … Read more
[ad_1] By Press Association 2020 Medical staff Doctors are struggling to give non-coronavirus patients the important care they need due to the pandemic, a survey suggests. Thousands of doctors also said that Covid-19’s long-term impact on NHS demand was their biggest concern for the future, according to research by the British Medical Association (BMA). More … Read more
[ad_1] More than 950 patients remain in the hospital with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 today. The number of confirmed cases in intensive care units across the country has remained below 100 per second day. There were 688 patients with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the hospital as of the previous night, and 265 … Read more
[ad_1] The United States Food and Drug Administration has authorized Gilead Sciences for the emergency use of its experimental remdesivir of antiviral drugs to treat patients with Covid-19. During a meeting in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump, Gilead Chief Executive Daniel O’Day called the move an important first step, saying the company was … Read more
[ad_1] According to new data, more than 70% of coronavirus patients admitted to critical care are men. The figures come from the UK National Center for Intensive Care Audit and Investigation (ICNARC) and were based on a sample of 7,542 critically ill patients confirmed as Covid-19. The researchers found that 5,389 of these patients were … Read more
[ad_1] A heroic nurse used the experience she gained from working during the swine flu crisis to save the lives of 13 dementia patients who contracted coronavirus. Maria Spollin took advantage of her previous experience after five of the 50 Church Farm residents at Skylarks in West Bridgford, Nottingham, which she tested positive for Covid-19 … Read more
[ad_1] Remdesivir has been shown to accelerate recovery times for patients with Covid-19 in a major US-led trial, making it the first drug with proven benefit against the disease. Here is what you need to know. What is remdesivir? Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum experimental antiviral made by the American pharmacist Gilead Sciences that was first … Read more
[ad_1] Doctors at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York give a thumbs-up after testing a ventilator prototype developed by NASA’s JPL. POT For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new high-pressure ventilator designed by … Read more
[ad_1] A note issued by a major public nursing home that has had 11 Covid-19-related deaths referred to those who had the infection as the “dirtiest patients.” The name of leading medical expert Martin Cormican was associated with the memo seen by Independent.ie, but he did not write it down and called it “offensive”. The … Read more