In the race to develop a treatment for COVID-19, Gilead Sciences may have found a winner with remdesivir. In a study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gilead, researchers found that the experimental drug inhibited the coronavirus in human lung cell cultures …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi with up to 15,000 volunteers, the government in the UAE capital said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Sinopharm Group Co Ltd company logo is displayed at a press conference …
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“> The changes begin from this weekend, which in Israel begins on Friday afternoon, the eve of Jewish Saturday, and lasts until Sunday, the first business day of the week. The nurseries will remain open, although closures were being considered. Israel Radio reported that full blockades could be imposed, with …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Researchers in Australia have devised a test that can determine a new coronavirus infection in about 20 minutes using blood samples in what they say is the world’s first breakthrough. Monash University researchers said their test can determine if someone is currently infected and if they have …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The anti-malaria drug promoted by United States President Donald Trump as a COVID-19 treatment was ineffective for patients with a mild version of the disease in a study by researchers at the University of Minnesota. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist shows a box of hydroxychloroquine at CHR …
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