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Merck to buy Austrian vaccine maker as it jumps into COVID-19 race

Posted by Reuters | May 26, 2020

By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman CHICAGO (Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc <MRK.N>,...

Britain to provide anti-viral drug remdesivir to some COVID-19 patients

Posted by Reuters | May 26, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will provide the anti-viral drug remdesivir to certain COVID-19...

Tech companies target temperature-monitoring patches for COVID-19

Posted by Reuters | May 26, 2020

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – A group of tech companies is working on a patch about the size of small bandage that could be worn to monitor for the elevated body temperatures that can sometimes signal the onset of...

Global fundraising for COVID-19 vaccine, drugs exceeds $10 billion, EU says

Posted by Reuters | May 26, 2020

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A global campaign to fund the development of vaccines and therapies...

Covid-19: Lungs Tell More of SARS-CoV-2 Story

Posted by admin | May 26, 2020

Three distinct differences in Covid-19 lungs vs lungs infected with H1N1 Death from Covid-19 marks...

WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns

Posted by Reuters | May 25, 2020

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization has suspended testing the malaria drug...

Covid-19: Emerging Evidence Suggests Role for Vitamin D in Coronavirus Severity

Posted by admin | May 25, 2020

Research to date is observational There is preliminary, but growing, evidence that vitamin D may play a role in reducing the severity of Covid-19 infection and deaths, possibly by suppressing the risk for the runaway immune...