Increasing evidence suggests that some Covid-19 patients get very ill because of an impaired interferon response.... Sep 25
Coronavir's approval as a prescription drug follows the green light for another Russian COVID-19 drug, Avifavir, in May... Sep 19
As part of the government-backed Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) Trials, monoclonal antibodies... Sep 15
The coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is the latest in a procession of new infectious diseases that have surprised the world in recent years... Sep 15
The WHO's clinical care lead said the agency had updated its advice to include a "strong recommendation" for use of steroids... Sep 03
Taiwan has reported 476 cases of the new coronavirus, including seven deaths. ... Aug 04
The results published Monday have not yet been peer-reviewed and the sample size is relatively small... Jul 21
The drug did not improve survival among patients who were not using oxygen or mechanical ventilation.... Jul 18
Overall mortality of Covid-19 patients treated in ICUs had fallen to just under 42% at the end of May from almost 60% in March... Jul 17
The coronavirus is surging in several southern hotspots including Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona... Jul 09
The Health Ministry on June 13 had allowed the use of remdesivir for restricted emergency use in moderate cases under "investigational therapies".... Jul 04
Remdesivir is expected to be in high demand as one of the only treatments so far shown to alter the course of COVID-19.... Jun 30
The use of dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases such as arthritis, has been cleared for patients in need of oxygen ... Jun 27
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was "very welcome news" that the initial results of a clinical trial of dexamethasone... Jun 18
It's the first time that anyone in the world has clinically proven that a drug can improve the survival chances of the most seriously ... Jun 18
Multiple myeloma is a life-threatening rare blood cancer that arises from the plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that is made in ... Mar 12
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