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Oxford to study anti-inflammatory drug Humira as potential COVID-19 treatment

Wed, 2020-09-30 15:29 — mike kraft

Oxford to study anti-inflammatory drug Humira as potential COVID-19 treatment Oxford University said on Wednesday it would study whether the world's best-selling prescription medicine, adalimumab, was an effective treatment for COVID-19 patients - the latest effort to repurpose existing drugs as potential coronavirus therapies. Adalimumab, which is sold under the brand name YahooNews

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UK Government poised to amend regulations to allow use of unlicensed vaccine

Tue, 2020-09-29 22:46 — mike kraft

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Coronavirus has killed more than 1 million people worldwide

Tue, 2020-09-29 14:00 — mike kraft

Coronavirus has killed more than 1 million people worldwide As the global coronavirus death toll hits a grim milestone, the medical community has at least learned lessons from the losses. Zoe Christen Jones CBSHealth

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Drugmaker Novavax begins late-stage vaccine trial in UK

Fri, 2020-09-25 18:39 — mike kraft

Drugmaker Novavax begins late-stage vaccine trial in UK LONDON (AP) — U.S.-based Novavax has begun a late stage trial of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in the United Kingdom because the high-level of the coronavirus circulating in the country is likely... AP NEWS

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Countries should meet these five criteria before easing lockdowns, study says. Many aren't even close

Fri, 2020-09-25 15:52 — mike kraft

Study: Five criteria countries should meet before easing lockdowns Countries should not ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions until they meet five criteria -- and many nations are not even close, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet medical journal. Emma Reynolds, CNN CNN

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Robots target coronavirus with ultraviolet light at London train station

Fri, 2020-09-25 15:40 — mike kraft

Robots target coronavirus with ultraviolet light at London train station Robots that can kill the coronavirus with ultraviolet light have been brought in at one of London's biggest train stations, St Pancras International, as it tries to restore customer confidence in the safety of travel hubs. Reuters Staff U.S.

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As Virus Cases Surge in Europe, Hospitalizations Lag. But for How Long?

Fri, 2020-09-25 15:32 — mike kraft

LONDON — In Munich, normally brimming with boisterous crowds for Oktoberfest this month, the authorities just banned gatherings of more than five people. In Marseille, France, all bars and restaurants will be closed next Monday. And in London, where the government spent weeks urging workers to return to the city’s empty skyscrapers, it is now asking them to work from home.

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FBI director warns that Chinese hackers are still targeting US COVID-19 research

Thu, 2020-09-24 23:33 — mike kraft

FBI director warns that Chinese hackers are still targeting US FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said Chinese hackers are continuing to target U.S. Maggie Miller TheHill

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said Chinese hackers are continuing to target U.S. companies involved in COVID-19 research and described China as the nation’s “greatest counterintelligence threat.”

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AstraZeneca, Under Fire for Vaccine Safety, Released Trial Blueprints

Tue, 2020-09-22 16:23 — mike kraft

AstraZeneca revealed details of its large coronavirus vaccine trials on Saturday, the third in a wave of rare disclosures by drug companies under pressure to be more transparent about how they are testing products that are the world’s best hope for ending the pandemic.

Polls are finding Americans increasingly wary of accepting a coronavirus vaccine. And scientists inside and outside the government are worried that regulators, pressured by the president for results before Election Day on Nov. 3, might release an unproven or unsafe vaccine.

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