Other reports rolled in – a death in France, a cluster in Italy – and in the US, the CDC put together what was observed of the unusual condition and asked doctors to report cases that were consistent with departments of state health. Coming up with a definition of the …
Read More »FDA stops emergency approval of COVID blood plasma treatment
The Food and Drug Administration’s emergency authorization for blood plasma as a treatment for the coronavirus has been put on hold to obtain more data, according to a report. An emergency service approval could still be issued by the FDA in the very near future, H. Clifford Lane, clinical director …
Read More »Potential Gilead blockbusters rejected by FDA. Why that’s the ‘Near-Worst-Case Scenario’ for Gilead Stock.
Text size The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday rejected Gilead Science’s application for a will-be blockbuster arthritis medicine, blind investors. One analyst called the development a ‘near-worst-case scenario’ and a ‘shock’. Dreamstime The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to deny Gilead Science’s application for a wild medicine for blockbuster …
Read More »Johns Hopkins scientists studying early side effects of COVID-19 suggest in one way that coronavirus ‘gets a foothold in the body’
It’s a strange side effect. But could it provide clues as to how coronavirus attacks the body? Why do some people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell? And what can be learned from it? Scientists are examining tissue removed from patients’ noses during surgery, believing they may have discovered …
Read More »Why is plague still a thing in 2020? And are you at risk?
It is transmitted by flies that live off rodents and symptoms, which usually appear within one to seven days after infection, include painful, swollen lymph nodes, called bubos, in the body, armpits or neck areas, such as fever , fever and cough. Plague affects humans and other mammals. Most commonly, …
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