Italy starts to reopen as COVID-19 cases begin to decline
Source: ABC Italy — a country that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic — is starting to see a glimmer of hope. As the number of coronavirus cases […]
New Intermittent Fasting Program Shown to Suppress Cancer and Metabolic Disease in Mice and Humans
Source: Good News Network By Andy Corbley – As scientists become more and more fascinated by the surprising health benefits of fasting, yet another intriguing new study emphasizes the importance […]
U.S. Probes University of Texas Links to Chinese Lab Scrutinized Over Coronavirus
Source: WSJ By Kate O’Keeffe The Education Department has asked the University of Texas System to provide documentation of its dealings with the Chinese laboratory U.S. officials are investigating as a potential source […]
Roche expects to make more than 100 million antibody tests monthly by end of 2020
Source: CNBC Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Sunday it expects to be able to produce “significantly more” than 100 million of its new antibody tests monthly by the end of 2020, doubling […]
Avigan to be tried in mild Covid 19 cases in UK
UK coronavirus patients set to trial ‘promising’ Japanese-made drug Source: The Evening Standard By Elena Cruse Some 450 UK coronavirus patients will be recruited to take part in a new […]
Local, Practical, Apolitical: Inside Germany’s Successful Coronavirus Strategy
Source: Wall Street Journal By Bojan Pancevski and Bertrand Benoit Nation’s 16 states are unsung heroes of the battle; keeping factories open, health-care system prepared BERLIN—Germany’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic has […]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says more than 30 countries have asked Japan for favipiravir (Avigan) to fight Covid 19
Japan, China Vie to Be Global Supplier of Unproven Coronavirus Drug Source: Wall Street Journal By Peter Landers and Miho Inada TOKYO—A drug called favipiravir has set off a diplomatic tug of war […]
FDA authorizes the drug remdesivir for emergency use in COVID-19 patients
FDA authorizes experimental drug remdesivir for emergency use in COVID-19 patients Source: The Verge The Food and Drug Administration just authorized the emergency use of remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug, […]
Remdesivir maker ‘moving very quickly’ with FDA on possible coronavirus use, CEO says
Source: NBC By Elisha Fieldstadt The company thinks it could make millions of treatment courses of remdesivir available by the end of the year if it receives FDA approval, the Gilead […]
The Story from Northern Netherlands: To Test or Not to Test?
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Coronavirus: North Netherlands stopped following national advice. Here’s what […]
Know your enemy: Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) (CNN) The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading […]
PM Abe touts Avigan as COVID-19 treatment despite experts urging caution
Source: KYODO NEWS – Apr 23, 2020 – 12:55 | All, Japan, Coronavirus Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has enthusiastically promoted anti-influenza drug Avigan as a possible game-changer in the war against the coronavirus, […]
Coronavirus identified in air pollution particles — but that doesn’t mean it spreads that way
Source: Yahoo Now that the coronavirus has infected more than 3 million people worldwide, the question of how SARS-CoV-2 spreads has become increasingly relevant. Experts remain confident, as of now, that the […]
Dr. Fauci: ‘Remdesivir should now be the standard treatment’
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Trump, Fauci tout ‘good news’ from remdesivir drug trial […]
US government sponsored study of Remdesivir showing promise
Gilead Reports Data on Virus Drug Ahead of Researchers Source: Bloomberg Gilead Sciences Inc. said early results from a U.S.-government-run study showed its experimental drug to treat coronavirus helped patients […]
When Will COVID-19 End: Data-Driven Estimation of End Dates
When Will COVID-19 End Data-Driven Estimation of End Dates (updated on April 27) This site provides continuous predictive monitoring of COVID-19 developments as a complement to monitoring confirmed cases. SIR (susceptible-infected-recovered) model is regressed […]
Italy bishops scold government for excluding Mass from lockdown easing
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Italy’s Roman Catholic Church has reprimanded the government for not allowing the faithful to return to Masses at the start of a gradual staged end to […]
New Zealand claims ‘elimination’ of coronavirus with new cases in single digits
(CNN) New Zealand claimed Monday it had “eliminated” the coronavirus as the country announced the easing of restrictions from “level four” to “level three,” with new cases in single figures. […]
Exclusive: She’s been falsely accused of starting the coronavirus. Her life has been turned upside down
Source: BBC Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist and mother of two, has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely place her at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, […]
New York hospitals are studying a common heartburn drug as treatment for Covid-19
(CNN) Hospitals in New York are giving Covid-19 patients heartburn medicine to see if it helps fight the virus, according to the doctor who initiated the trial. Preliminary results of the clinical […]
