A medical staff member treats a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center on July 2, 2020 in Houston, Texas. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have skyrocketed since Texas reopened, bringing intensive care rooms to full capacity and raising concerns about an increase in deaths as …
Read More »Immunity to coronavirus is ‘fragile’ and ‘short-lived’, expert warns
One expert cautioned that relying on immunity to Covid-19 as a strategy to deal with the pandemic is not a “safe bet,” adding that mass immunity strategies “will probably never work.” Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Monday, Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College London, said that …
Read More »WHO says more than 70 countries are at risk of running out of HIV drugs due to the coronavirus pandemic
FILE PHOTO: Patients, some HIV positive and their families protest the lack of medicines and medical supplies in hospitals, in front of the Ministry of Health in Caracas on April 18, 2018. Luis Robayo | AFP | fake pictures According to a survey by the World Health Organization, more than …
Read More »Regeneron initiates late stage coronavirus antibody cocktail test
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said Monday that it started late-stage clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of its antibody cocktail in preventing and treating Covid-19, sending its actions up to nearly 4%. The test, conducted in conjunction with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, would test the therapy’s ability to …
Read More »‘We have dark clouds on the horizon’
The coronavirus outbreak in the US is getting worse and could threaten New York’s recovery after tight blockades across the state helped suppress the fast-spreading infection, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. . “We have to be careful. We have dark clouds on the horizon and we have made …
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