(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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Scientists and public health officials said Monday they are skeptical overpowering plasma is an effective treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19, even after the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the treatment and President Donald Trump showed it as a breakthrough. “ There are no formally …
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Read More »WHO says children aged 12 and older should wear masks as adults
PHILO PHOTO: A boy wearing a protective face mask plays in a fountain after local authorities imposed lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2020. REUTERS / Evgenia Novozhenina ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says children aged 12 and …
Read More »Global deaths from coronavirus are more than 800,000
(Reuters) – The global death toll from coronavirus exceeded 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters census, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in deaths. Nearly 5,900 people die on average every 24 hours from COVID-19, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past …
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