MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican military officials said Sunday they discovered a small, burning South American plane after it made an illegal landing on the Yucatan Peninsula, possibly carrying hundreds of pounds of drugs. Nearby, military officials said they also found a truck carrying drugs that appeared to be cocaine, …
Read More »WHO stops hydroxychloroquine, anti-HIV drugs in COVID trials after failing to reduce death
FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine is displayed by a pharmacist at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, USA, May 27, 2020. REUTERS / George Frey / File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would suspend its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the …
Read More »Moderna Shares Report of Delayed Coronavirus Trial
Moderna’s MRNA shares were lower after a news report said biotechnology was delaying the start of a Phase III trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine. Shares of the Cambridge, Massachusetts company in the latest check fell 5.4% to $ 58.25. Healthcare website Stat News said Moderna was making changes to …
Read More »Scientists find the Achilles heel of the coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has spread worldwide, infecting more than 10 million people. As it continues to wreak havoc, many scientists are working to determine a potential weakness in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to find an effective drug or vaccine against it. A team of scientists from the …
Read More »Ancient drugs could reveal a new way to attack the coronavirus
“It is much more critical to identify where that drug is working because ultimately you don’t want to blindly go to a human trial or even an animal experiment, “says Jason Kindrachuk, a microbiologist at the University of Manitoba who is not involved in the research. The approach It is …
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