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BREAKTHROUGH? Single dose of common agricultural drug Ivermectin found to "essentially eliminate all viral material" of COVID-19 coronavirus within 48 hours
A new study published in the journal Antiviral Research finds that Ivermectin, a common agricultural drug used as a de-wormer for cats, dogs, horses and livestock - achieves a...
6 hours ago - Natural News
Clinical trial to evaluate experimental COVID-19 drug is underway at Montefiore and Einstein
Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine has joined a clinical trial to evaluate the experimental drug remdesivir to treat people who are hospitalized...
7 hours ago - News Medical
Giant Madeiran squill likely to have accumulated antibiotics from contaminated soil
A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical compound that may be useful as a medicinal drug.
15 hours ago - News Medical
COVID-19 Puts ICU Sedatives Into Shortage
]]> - The FDA has declared shortages for critical ICU sedation drugs midazolam and ketamine due to high demand for COVID-19 coronavirus patients. Demand rose at least 51% in...
16 hours ago - MedPageToday - 3 articles
Defining a Role for Immunotherapy in mCRPC
]]> - A small clinical study of checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer identified favorable and unfavorable subgroups that might help inform...
16 hours ago - MedPageToday
Trump Urges Coronavirus Patients to Take Unproven Drug
He said the government was putting millions of doses of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine into an emergency stockpile even though it has not been approved for Covid-19 treatment.
1 day ago - NY Times
Limited supply may scupper proposals to use antimalarials to ward off Covid-19
Limited global supplies may scupper proposals to use the antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, to lessen the symptoms of Covid-19 infection or ward it off...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily - 4 articles
Canada takes cautious approach to unapproved COVID-19 drugs, as others prescribe wide use
A doctor guest on Fox News called it “the beginning of the end of the pandemic.” President Donald Trump said it could be a “game changer,” and the U.S. Food and Drug...
1 day ago - National Post - 2 articles
Possible coronavirus drug identified
A new study has shown that an anti-parasitic drug already available around the world can kill the virus within 48 hours. Scientists found that a single dose of the drug...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily
All-Oral Drug Combo Holds Promise for Drug-Resistant TB
Study Authors: Francesca Conradie, Andreas H. Diacon, et al.; Guy Thwaites, Payam Nahid Target Audience and Goal Statement: Infectious disease specialists, pulmonologists The...
1 day ago - MedPage Today
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The deadly effects of Wuhan coronavirus on the United States are looking a lot more like the epicenter of the pandemic: China. As The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, the...
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A handful of government scientists are claiming that the Wuhan coronavirus can spread not just by sneezes and coughs, but also by breathing or even just talking in someone's...
Stocking up your emergency food pantry during the coronavirus pandemic
The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused shoppers to stock up on non-perishable food items like never before. Foods like canned meat, powdered milk, dried fruits, protein bars and...
COVID-19 in India: Tally Surges Past 3,000, 75 Dead
In India, the death toll due to coronavirus pandemic has mounted to 75, revealed data sources. Maharashtra remained the worst hit state with the number of positive cases rising...
Bombshell plea from NYC ICU doctor: COVID-19 is a condition of oxygen...
A NYC physician named Cameron Kyle-Sidell has posted two videos on YouTube, pleading for health practitioners to recognize that COVID-19 is not a pneumonia-like disease at all...
Alteon Health slashes benefits for doctors and nurses trying to fight...
As some companies work to increase employee pay amid the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus crisis, Alteon Health, a major medical staffing organization, is reportedly slashing...
Don't Freak Out But There Might Be A New Episode Of ‘Tiger King'
Jeff Lowe says Netflix is dropping a new episode of Tiger King next week As the world retreated indoors and baked panic bread to deal with our very real worries about the...
New Mechanism to Explain Role of Gene Mutations in Kidney Disease Uncovered
In nephrotic syndrome, a rare genetic kidney disorder, mutations in genes that code for certain proteins lead to a disruption of the recycling of the cell membrane have been...
While U.S. deals with Wuhan virus pandemic, China tries to take advantage of...
The Chinese government may not be able to walk and chew gun at the same time, but the United States president certainly can and Beijing is about to discover that. According to...