FILE PHOTO: A scientist prepares samples during the research and development of a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) in a laboratory of the biotechnology company BIOCAD in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 11, 2020. REUTERS / Anton Vaganov MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian institute developing one of the country’s possible coronavirus vaccines …
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(Reuters) – Drug makers associated with the United States government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said Monday. FILE PHOTO: A small bottle labeled “Vaccine” is held near a medical syringe in front of the …
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(Reuters) – The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), which was identified as …
Read More »WHO stops hydroxychloroquine, anti-HIV drugs in COVID trials after failing to reduce death
GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would suspend its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the combined HIV drug lopinavir / ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after that failed to reduce mortality. “These interim trial results show that hydroxychloroquine and …
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 …
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