WHO declares BCG vaccination do not provide protection against Coronaviruses
There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) protects people against infection with COVID-19 virus. Source: WHO Press...
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New Rutgers Saliva Test for Coronavirus Gets FDA Approval
"Emergency use authorization granted for new biomaterial collection approach" Source: Rutgers News The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use...
Anti-clotting Drugs to Save Lives of COVID-19 Patients in Ventilators
Source: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre Press Release "If positive, findings could alleviate expected shortage of ventilators for patients with...
Can good viruses kill the bad ones, like COVID-19??
Source: Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) Press Release "Phage shell docks on and inhibits the influenza virus (visualization Barth van...
‘Hopeful’ Results From Human Study of Gilead’s antiviral drug, Remdesivir
Source: Gilead Press Release "Remdesivir treatment resulted in clinical improvement in 68 percent of patients in this limited data set"...
Genetic network analysis reveals the early evolutionary pathway of COVID-19 pandemic
Source: University of Cambridge, Research News Study charts the 'incipient supernova' of COVID-19 through genetic mutations as it spread from China and...
Drug Originally Meant for Ebola is Effective Against a Key Enzyme of Coronavirus That Causes COVID-19
"Remdesivir already in human trials in search for the treatment of deadly disease" Source: GILLIAN RUTHERFORD | University of Alberta...
Loss of Smell and Taste Validated as COVID-19 Symptoms in Patients with High Recovery Rate
"Study suggests clinicians should include sensory impairment as a standard screening measure" Source: Originally written by Jeanna Vazquez of University...
Peptide therapies could disable coronavirus’ spike proteins
Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus’ so-called “spike proteins.” Source: Northwestern University News Spike...
Super-charging drug development for COVID-19
"Cell-free production method scales up yield by 5,000 times" Source: Amanda Morris | Northwestern University Researchers are ramping up the...
Bluetooth signals from your smartphone could automate Covid-19 contact tracing while preserving privacy
"A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an...
FDA Issues Second Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate N95 Respirators
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the second emergency use authorization (EUA) to decontaminate compatible N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse...