Tag: Covid-19
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Book Review – The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
As the world struggles to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, author Michael Lewis tells how the U.S. first struggled to identify and contain the virus.
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Covid-19 Nasal Spray Vaccine Trial Underway
A clinical trial testing the safety of a Covid-19 vaccine from an engineered virus found in dogs and given as a nasal spray enrolled its first participant.
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Trial Underway Testing Cancer Drug as Covid-19 Therapy
A clinical trial enrolled and dosed its first participant testing an oral drug, initially designed to treat cancer, as a therapy for mild Covid-19 infections.
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Infographic – US Employer Vaccine Mandates Tick Up
A new poll shows a jump in the percentage of American workers now required by employers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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FDA Sends Warning on Covid-19 Food Therapy Trials
The Food and Drug Administration released yesterday a warning letter sent in late August to a company conducting clinical trials of a food therapy for Covid-19 symptoms.
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Infographic – Most of World Waits for Vaccines
The global Covid-19 pandemic requires a global response, but so far delivery and administration of vaccines are spread unevenly across the world.
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Nasal Spray Shown to Stop Covid-19 Infection, Disease
An antiviral nasal spray is shown in tests with lab mice to prevent infection from SARS-CoV-2 viruses and reduce disease-causing cytokines.
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Infographic – Vaccination Rates in Developed World
As most the world’s countries struggle to vaccinate their citizens against Covid-19, rates of fully vaccinated people in developed countries vary widely.
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CEPI Funding Covid-19 Variant Vaccine
A biotechnology company is advancing a vaccine to protect against disease from SARS-CoV-2 variants, with new support from the organization CEPI.
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Liquid Biopsy Tech Adapted for Covid-19 Testing
A company developing non-invasive liquid biopsy tests for cancer received NIH funding to extend that technology for quick Covid-19 virus tests.