Man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle … The first person diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus in the United States is being treated by a few medical workers and a robot.
Here’s who has been named to President-elect Biden’s … President-elect Joe Biden has announced the advisory board that will help his administration navigate the fight against coronavirus. as the US is averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day. It includes doctors and scientists who have served in previous administrations, many of them experts in public health, vaccines and infectious diseases.
Can blood from coronavirus survivors treat the newly … Doctors in China attempted the first COVID-19 treatments using what the history books call “convalescent serum” — today, known as donated plasma — from survivors of the new virus.
Amid Ebola fears, Rwanda’s border with Congo is open, … Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is open, a government official told CNN Thursday. Olivier Nduhungirehe, minister of state for Rwanda, said that the reports of the border closing over concerns about the spread of Ebola were due to a “misunderstanding” and there had been a temporary closure due to a “technical issue.” […]
Report: Covid-19 patients recovering quickly after … (CNN) — Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a clinical trial of the drug have all had severe respiratory symptoms and […]
Can blood from coronavirus survivors treat the newly … WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who’ve recovered. Doctors in China attempted the first COVID-19 treatments […]
Report: COVID-19 patients taking new drug recovering … (CNN) — COVID-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a clinical trial of the drug have all had severe respiratory symptoms and fever, but were able […]
Top doctors answer your questions on ‘Coronavirus … Have a question about COVID-19? Email the question, your name, and your city to our experts at coronaquestions@nexstar.tv to have it answered on “Coronavirus House Calls.” Watch the next episode RIGHT HERE on Saturday, May 16 at 3pm CT. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — As the death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to rise in the […]
These companies are racing to roll out COVID-19 treatments Big Pharma companies and biotechs are racing to come up with an effective treatment for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus. Several high profile companies are working on new experimental vaccines. Drug giant Johnson & Johnson is the latest to announce a promising vaccine candidate, saying on Monday that it plans human testing by September with the hopes of having more […]
Watch: White House rolls out COVID-19 ‘testing blueprint,’ … As the U.S. exceeds 1,000,000 coronavirus cases, our team in Washington, D.C. is examining the issues that likely won’t be featured tonight during primetime cable news — including proposals to extend paid time off — and ensure those helping veterans have the PPE they need. You can watch our D.C. team’s original reporting in the […]
New virus prompts CDC to screen passengers arriving … More than 100 staffers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being deployed to three US airports to check passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, for fever and other symptoms of a mysterious new virus that’s killed two and infected dozens in China, the CDC announced Friday. It’s a highly unusual step. The […]
Volunteers fixed 20,000 N95 masks for Memphis hospital … A group of volunteers has been working to repair 27,000 desperately needed N95 protective masks for a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital battling the coronavirus pandemic — and they got most of them done in a weekend. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis recently found dozens of cases of the masks in storage but couldn’t use them because the elastic […]