First US coronavirus treatment trial begins testing with patients at Nebraska hospital – and doctors expect results ‘within a year or less’ The first US trial of the Ebola drug remdesivir has begun at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha So far, at lest one repatriated passenger of the Diamond Princess cruise ship … Read more
Drugmaker Moderna has shipped its first batch of a possible coronavirus vaccine for humans to government researchers for testing, just three months after the virus’s genome was sequenced. Shares of the biotech company soared early Tuesday, a day after the company said it sent vials to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for … Read more
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what causes it and how can it be treated? What is … Read more
uS health officials have been conducting secret meetings with lawmakers, senators revealed at a Tuesday Appropriations Subcommittee meeting. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire criticized the secrecy of a briefing that had taken place earlier that morning, and said that her constituents were ‘concerned’ that they weren’t getting all the information that they needed about … Read more
Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus amid a rapidly worsening outbreak in the Islamic republic today. Iraj Harirchi was taken into quarantine just a day after sweating heavily at a press conference where he insisted that the outbreak was not as bad as feared. The virus’s spread into the health ministry is … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more
President Donald Trump insisted the United States is in ‘very good shape’ in regards to the coronavirus, as the White House on Monday sent lawmakers an urgent $2.5 billion plan to address the deadly worldwide outbreak. ‘We think we’re in very good shape in the United States,’ the president said at a business roundtable meeting at … Read more
Life expectancy in England has ground to a halt for the first time in a century, according to a landmark report. Professor Sir Michael Marmot, a leading expert on public health, said the widening gap between the rich and poor is to blame. His 172-page report said life expectancy in England has barely improved in … Read more