FILE PHOTO: An almost empty street is seen outside Cambridge University, as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease continues, Cambridge, UK, 1 April 2020. REUTERS / Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) – The University of Cambridge is set to begin clinical trials in the autumn of its possible coronavirus vaccine after …
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(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about supporting the use of recovered plasma from COVID-19 patients to treat people who are ill, saying that evidence that it works remains “low quality”, even if the United States emergency authorization for such issued therapies. PHILO PHOTO: Convalescent plasma …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was able to update its emergency use authorization for Gilead Sciences Inc’s (GILD.O) brakesivir of drugs to admit patients admitted to hospital with moderate COVID-19, despite mixed test results, the company’s top study said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An ampoule of Ebola …
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PHILO PHOTO: A woman holding a small bottle labeled “Vaccine COVID-19” and a medical syringe in this illustration April 10, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration BEIJING (Reuters) – China has approved human tests for a potential coronavirus vaccine that is cultured inside insect cells, local government in the …
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CHICAGO / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.F) are Black as Latino, groups among the hardest hit by the coronavirus virus pandemic, said a top Pfizer executive. PHILO PHOTO: …
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