Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently in a London intensive care unit fighting the coronavirus, leaving Britons waiting with bated breath for more news. He posted a video about his symptoms on Friday (pictured) Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently in a London intensive care unit fighting the coronavirus, with Britain waiting for more updates … Read more
In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19, two sources told Reuters. Shortly afterward, the federal government published highly unusual guidance informing doctors they had the option to prescribe the drugs, with key dosing information based … Read more
Scientists find coronavirus ‘Achilles heel’ that could be targeted with drugs – opening a path for possible vaccine A new study shows that scientists have discovered an ‘Achilles heel’ of the coronavirus that can be targeted with drugs and other therapies Scientists examined an antibody from a SARS patient and tracked how it latched onto … Read more
NHS hospitals at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus are about ‘to run out of essential drugs’ to look after intensive care patients, according to a leaked document published today. Medics across Europe sounded the alarm in a letter to governments on Tuesday. To manage the most severe cases of COVID-19, resuscitators have to immerse the … Read more
A physician says a combination of drugs could prevent coronavirus patients from needing ventilators. Dr Steven Quay is hoping to get a clinical trial started to see the effect of two medications, previously approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for other conditions, to treat COVID-19 – the disease caused by the virus. … Read more
FDA urges patients to keep taking contaminated blood pressure drugs despite cancer risk, amid global shortage Drugs containing valsartan, losartan and irbesartan are some of the most commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure Some one in three Americans may need blood pressure medication to avoid heart attack and stroke Pills from nearly 30 manufacturers … Read more
A crime boss and his county-lines drugs gang have been told to pay back just £60,000 after making £2.4million selling drugs through a major underworld syndicate. Kingpin Carl Hannan, a 36-year-old from Teesside, headed up the cross-country drug trafficking network that sprawled from the North East to the North West of England, designed to flood … Read more
Acupuncture is up to four times better at easing migraines than drugs, new study suggests Patients given acupuncture suffer two fewer migraines a month, study finds Dr Heather Angus-Leppan says it is ‘an acceptable evidence – based treatment’ Study used acupuncture along with ‘sham’ test and usual migraine treatments By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:40 … Read more
The malaria drug that President Donald Trump has hailed as a ‘game-changer’ for treating coronavirus may be no better for treating the virus than standard care like being placed on a ventilator, a Chinese study found. Clinical trials of the drug, hydroxychloroquine, began in New York on Tuesday, and US doctors can now prescribe it … Read more
US doctors are hoarding supplies of drugs that are being tested for treating coronavirus, a disconcerting new report reveals. A ProPublica investigation found that doctors are prescribing drugs like hydroxychloroquine, a therapeutic approved for treating malaria and lupus that President Trump has hailed as a promising drug for coronavirus, to themselves. The Illinois Pharmacists Association … Read more