A bartender waits for customers at the Arctice ice cream parlor in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland pawel kopczynski / Reuters Scientists in Finland have found what they claim to be a cure for the cat. Researchers have published a study showing that alcohol-induced nausea, headaches, stress and anxiety …
Read More »For Covid-19 vaccine, J&J plans 60,000 subject pivotal trial
Johnson & Johnson plans to launch in late September what may be the largest clinical trial to date against a coronavirus vaccine, enrolling up to 60,000 people worldwide to test whether the experimental shot safely protects against Covid-19. The targeted enrollment, reported on a government database and confirmed by the …
Read More »Get your flu in September – before cases start to climb
Reuters With the coronavirus still widespread, it’s time to start thinking seriously about flu, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu outbreak would not only overwhelm hospitals this fall and winter, but also likely overwhelm a person who can contract both at the same time. Doctors do …
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 …
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