Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Saturday that 40 hospitals in the North Texas area will soon receive shipments of the remdesivir for antiviral medications. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, remdesivir has shown promise in early trials to shorten the recovery time of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. …
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Gilead Sciences revealed its price for COVID-19 remdesivir treatment, saying it will charge $ 3,120 for patients with private health insurance. Patients who are covered by government programs like Medicaid will be charged $ 2,340 for a typical course of treatment. The amount patients pay out of pocket depends on …
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In recent weeks, a multisystemic hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with previous exposure or infection to SARS-CoV-2. A new case series published in the journal Radiology examines the spectrum of imaging findings in children with the post-COVID-19 inflammatory condition known in the US as Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome …
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Hyderabad-based drug maker Hetero, which is approved to manufacture and market the generic version of the experimental drug COVID-19 Remdesivir, has shipped 20,000 vials to five states, including Maharashtra and Delhi, the two most affected states in the country. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are the other two states that will …
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The medical community expressed caution when researchers in England said the widely used steroid dexamethasone could save the lives of seriously ill patients with COVID-19. Health experts demanded a full report to convince themselves. Now, they have more data to consider, though it doesn’t come from a peer-reviewed journal yet. …
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