As coronavirus pandemic claimed over 10,000 lives around the world, the race is on to find cure for the deadly virus. So far, there are only three major types of treatments: antiviral drug, antibody solution and vaccine. However, vaccine does […]
With scientists, researchers and pharmaceutical companies all working together in their fight against coronavirus, Now, Biopharma giant Bayer announced it is donating 3 million tablets of malaria medicine chloroquine, a 70-year old anti-malaria drug that’s available for cheap, according to […]
As researchers and scientists around the world work day and night to find cure for the deadly coronavirus, we reported late yesterday a piece of good news coming out of France. In a new controlled clinical study conducted in France, […]
While the United States is still grappling with coronavirus and dealing with government bureaucracy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered U.K citizens a ray of of hope and a piece of optimism Thursday, saying that the country could turn the […]
Earlier this month, we reported a story of Chinese government spokesperson Zhao Lijian after he said the coronavirus’ origin is not necessarily China, calling it “irresponsible” to trace the origin to China. Lijian’s warning came after some reports that coronavirus may […]
On March 12, we wrote a story about Dr. Shiva, a Biologist with four PHD degrees from MIT. He expressed his concerns about the coronovirus and how the media has exaggerated the coronavirus outbreak to scare millions of Americans. The […]
As we reported yesterday night (New York Time), a new controlled clinical study conducted by doctors in France shows that Hydroxychloroquine is effective in the fight against coronavirus. The study, which was conducted by Didier Raoult M.D/Ph.D, et. al in France […]
Could the coronavirus outbreak have been prevented? This is the question a lot people have been asking. Sadly, the answer is probably “yes.” Let’s walk through the sequence of events to find how it all started. Yesterday, we published a […]
PursueCare, a Middletown, Connecticut-based technology-enabled health services startup and a provider of telemedicine in treating individuals struggling with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), today announced a Series A capital fundraise to help meet growing demand for its virtual medication-assisted treatment programs due to […]
Last week, we published a story after Gates Foundation joined forces with Wellcome Trust and Mastercard to launch a $125 million Therapeutics Accelerator to combat coronavirus (COVID19) epidemic. Today, during the “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was […]
As death toll from coronavirus tops 8,000, scientists and researchers are working around the clock to develop vaccine for the deadly virus. These morning we wrote about by three major biotech companies, BioNTech, CureVac and Moderna that have been thrust into the spotlight for their […]
As the world grapples with the deadly coronavirus, the reported cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 200,000 worldwide, with more than 8,000 people killed by the virus globally, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The good news is that more than […]
On March 12, we wrote a story about Dr. Shiva, an MIT Biologist with four PHD degrees from the same school, after he expressed his concerns about the coronovirus and how the media has exaggerated the coronavirus outbreak to scare […]
Update: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (9.20 PM EST) —New controlled clinical study conducted by doctors in France shows that Hydroxychloroquine cures 100% of coronavirus patients within 6 days of treatment (covidtrial.io) On March 16, we covered a story about new […]
For the first time, the total number of reported coronavirus cases now exceeds 200,000 globally. As of the time of writing, 8,246 people have died of the deadly virus. In the midst of all the bad news, there is a […]
You’ve probably heard the phrase “social distancing.” What does it really mean and why is CDC and WHO urging people to adopt the measure? Social distancing is a mitigation measure or a set of infection control actions intended to stop or […]
Contrary to the headlines in the mainstream media, the first case of coronavirus did not happen in late December 2019. According to a new report from the South China Morning Post, the first earlier case of coronavirus Covid-19 actually took […]
Kamada, an Israel-based biopharmaceutical company that is focused on plasma-derived protein therapeutics for treatment of individuals with rare diseases, today announced that it has started to work on developing a blood-plasma derived treatment against the virus. The Rehovot, Israel-based biopharmaceutical company, said it is […]
There is more good news this afternoon that the results from clinical trials for COVID-19 could start to roll in any day, with antimalarials coming through first, according to a report of BioCentury’s analysis of study completion dates in public […]
With all the bad news about coronavirus pandemic, there is good news the mainstream media is not talking about. One of the good news is coming from e-commerce giant, Amazon. Today, Amazon announced it is hiring 100,000 new full-time and […]