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What COVID-19 treatments could President Trump get?
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 and were going into quarantine.
Older, overweight and male: Trump's COVID risk factors make him vulnerable
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's gender, age and weight are all factors that make him more vulnerable to developing severe COVID-19, and give him a notional risk of around 4% of dying from it, health experts said on Friday.
Europe's Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations head in wrong direction - WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Rates of COVID-19 infections and hospital bed occupancy are rising in Europe, where authorities need to work to halt spread ahead of the influenza season, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday.
Steroids cut COVID-19 death risk; hepatitis C drugs may help fight the coronavirus
(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Steroids cut death rates among critically ill COVID-19 patients, major study finds
LONDON (Reuters) - Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with corticosteroid drugs reduces the risk of death by 20%, an analysis of seven international trials found on Wednesday, prompting the World Health Organisation to update its advice on treatment.
French ministry 'worried' as it reports 5,453 new coronavirus cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 5,453 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, and the health ministry described the situation as "worrying" following a spike the previous day when the country registered its highest number of cases since mid-March.
WHO-sponsored plan for new COVID-19 tools has shown results: Tedros
GENEVA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said that the WHO-sponsored plan for new COVID-19 tools has shown results.
Taiwan provisionally approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir after the United States bought nearly all global supplies.
Scientists find 'exquisitely potent' antibodies; a blood test may identify who needs steroids
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Japan approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's health ministry has approved dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid, as a second treatment of COVID-19 after a trial in Britain showed the drug reduced death rates in hospitalised patients.
