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A trial of the antiviral drug remesivir has produced ‘positive data’ for treating coronavirus patients, its maker, Gilead Sciences, said Wednesday. Gilead announced the results of a clinical trial testing the drug, which was originally developed to treat Ebola patients, in people severely ill with coronavirus. Half of the 397 patients, who were sick enough … Read more
The first results from an international experimental US antiviral drug are promising, even as a trial of the same drug in China shuts down. More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients from the US, Canada, Europe and Japan improved after taking remdesivir made by California-based Gilead Sciences. Originally developed as a … Read more
The first results from an international experimental US antiviral drug are promising, even as a trial of the same drug in China shuts down. More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients from the US, Canada, Europe and Japan improved after taking remdesivir made by California-based Gilead Sciences. Originally developed as a … Read more
Fresh hope for coronavirus treatment as anti-Ebola drug shows early signs it may be effective in fighting Covid-19 Gilead Sciences’ drug remdesivir was originally developed for Ebola crisis Has been tested on a trial group of 53 severely ill coronavirus patients Scientists say the condition of more than half improved but seven patients died However there was no … Read more
Gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been ‘put on lockdown’ amid fears that they might also be able to catch the coronavirus. The move has seen gorilla tourism suspended for present and the closure of sanctuaries for other apes — including orangutans, which are also endangered. While habitat loss and … Read more
Britons infected with coronavirus are among thousands of patients taking part in a European coronavirus mega-trial of four experimental therapies. The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg. It will test the effectiveness of four treatments, including a course of … Read more
Britons infected with coronavirus are among thousands of patients taking part in a European coronavirus mega-trial of four experimental therapies. The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg. It will test the effectiveness of four treatments, including a course of … Read more
ALABAMA Alabama health officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining in six counties to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The order from the Alabama Department of Public Health applies to Jefferson County, which has the highest number of cases, and the surrounding counties of Tuscaloosa, Walker, Blount, St. … Read more
Coronavirus cure hopes have today been raised after an infected Italian man in his 70s recovered with the help of an experimental Ebola drug. Doctors gave the unidentified 79-year-old remdesivir, which researchers around the world have tested in their desperate scramble to find a cure. Officials in Liguria – the coastal region where the patient lives, … Read more
The US will not be part of a new trial led by the World Health Organization examining which treatments work best against coronavirus. The so-called ‘SOLIDARITY trial’ will see researchers from several different countries compare the effects of different drugs on the highly-infectious disease. Included in the trial are remdesivir, originally conceived as a drug … Read more