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Innovation, Research

Early coronavirus drug trials tested vaccines mostly on White people; next phase aims for diversity

July 31, 2020

Via: CNBC

With chronic asthma, food allergies and a heart condition, Thomas Silvera does everything he can to safeguard his health, including getting vaccines. So if and when a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, he said, he’s leaning toward getting that, too. But […]


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Why Don’t We Have A Coronavirus Drug Yet—And How We Can Develop One As Soon As Possible

April 3, 2020

Via: Forbes

How will the new coronavirus pandemic end? It could prove to be seasonal, meaning it peters out with the weather with a chance of returning at this time next year. A significant plurality of all people on Earth could contract […]


Innovation, Research

US plans trial of Gilead coronavirus drug remdesivir

February 25, 2020

Via: CNBC

The U.S. is planning a clinical trial of Gilead’s experimental drug for the novel coronavirus, according to a posting on a government clinical trials database. The trial, run by the University of Nebraska Medical Center along with the National Institute […]


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Global stocks and oil prices rally on coronavirus drug hopes

February 5, 2020

Via: CNBC

Financial markets in Europe and the U.S. jumped Wednesday morning with traders reportedly buoyed by scientific efforts to treat the new coronavirus. Early Wednesday, Sky News reported a “significant breakthrough” by scientists at Imperial College London in the U.K., who […]