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The trouble with rushing a cure for Covid-19
A MAJOR scandal shook the medical community recently, with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and The Lancet – two of the most prestigious medical journals – retracting highly-influential articles on Covid-19 because the global database they were based on turned out to be dubious.
Steroid's COVID-19 benefits confirmed; spotlight on immune cells
(Reuters) - 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.
Tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths; dormitory screening urged
(Reuters) - 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.
Gilead's COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir gets conditional EU clearance
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had given conditional approval for the use of antiviral remdesivir in severe COVID-19 patients following an accelerated review process, making it the region's first authorised therapy to treat the virus.
Steroid drug purchased for COVID patients in poor countries - U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - An initial purchase of the steroid dexamethasone, shown to be effective in treating severe or critical COVID-19 patients, will be made for up to 4.5 million people in low- and middle-income countries, agencies said on Friday.
Gilead prices COVID-19 drug candidate remdesivir at $2,340 per patient
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc
Factbox: What doctors have learned about fighting COVID-19
(Reuters) - In the six months since an entirely new coronavirus began spreading around the world, doctors and hospitals have learned a lot about how to treat patients with COVID-19, the potentially deadly disease caused by the virus.
Special Report: As world approaches 10 million coronavirus cases, doctors see hope in new treatments, lessons learned
(Reuters) - Dr. Gopi Patel recalls how powerless she felt when New York's Mount Sinai Hospital overflowed with COVID-19 patients in March.
WHO says Sunday's coronavirus cases the highest yet in a single day
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world recorded more than 183,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the most in a single day since the outbreak started, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
U.S. hospitals in hard hit regions step up use of steroids on sickest COVID-19 patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID-19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers, who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives.
