In a notice issued on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned against taking malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 outside a hospital or formal clinical trial setting after “serious” poisoning and deaths were reported. The agency […]
For two decades, The University of California Santa Barbara has been developing LED lights for homes, winning the lead researcher a Nobel Prize. UV light has also been used to decontaminate large spaces, such as hospital rooms or aircraft cabins. But since […]
Last week, we published a report of the states with the biggest increases in unemployment due to coronavirus, based on the findings from WalletHub, a leading personal finance website that helps consumers make smarter financial decisions. Since then, additional 4.427 million Americans have […]
Last week, we reported about the promising results from Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir. At the time, early trial results from testing of Gilead’s Remdesivir showed that the ebola drug to be effective in treating coronavirus patients in Chicago hospital. Now a new […]
As we said countless times in many of our articles, hydroxychloroquine has become the most controversial drug since President Trump touted the malaria drug as a potential game-changer. Ever since, the mainstream media has repeatedly labeled the drug has “unproven.” […]
The deadly coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different genetic variations, according to a new study in China. The study was carried out by Professor Li Lanjuan and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in a non-peer […]
Yesterday, we told you about a recommendation from NIH panel that recommended against the use of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in the context of a clinical trial (AIII). We also pointed out that the recommendation […]
The debate about hydroxychloroquine rages on. Since the drug was touted by President Trump as potential game-changer, the mainstream media has been working on overdrive to create a different narrative and potentially portray the drug in a negative light. Earlier […]
Last month, we reported a story of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang 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 […]
April 24 Update: Dr. Vladimir Zelenko provides updates on coronavirus treatment using hydroxychloroquine. Over the past month, we’ve been telling you about Dr. Zelenko, a board-certified family practitioner in New York, after he first announced that he had treated 350 coronavirus patients with 100% […]
Could this be the end of China’s economy as we know it? Missouri on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against China for ‘enormous’ consequences of coronavirus ‘deceit,’ making it the first U.S. state to file such a suit. In a lawsuit filed […]
Citing “extreme urgency,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday has cleared U.S. pharmaceutical distributors from legal hurdles in order to provide the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients. hydroxychloroquine has been a subject of controversy since President Trump touted the […]
As coronavirus spread across the United States, the White House Coronavirus Task Force issued social distancing guidelines in mid-March, recommending that gatherings of more than 10 people be avoided and that individuals stay at least 6 feet away from others. At the […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed that Swiss pharma giant tot proceed with a Phase III clinical trial with around 440 patients to evaluate the use of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized patients with […]
Is this another fear mongering or is this based on advice from China to the World Health Organization (WHO)? Today, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is still ahead, raising new concerns just as countries […]
Last month, we told you about Tolicizumab, a drug that has received far less headline attention than hydroxychloroquine. Tocilizumab, which is marketed as Actemra, is taken by patients with rheumatoid arthritis to reduce inflammation. Despite the large noise on social media about hydroxychloroquine, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued guidelines and recommendations regarding the use of cloth face coverings, especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are […]
Facebook has released its first county-by-county maps of people with COVID-19 symptoms. The map, which only shows an estimated percentage of people with COVID-19 symptoms, does not report confirmed cases. The social giant uses aggregated public data from a survey […]
As death toll from coronavirus passes 100,000, there are several reports that the Chinese government is trying to control the narratives and news coverage about the deadly virus. An example of this is found in an open letter from China’s embassy […]
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has become one of the the most controversial drugs in world after President Trump touted the malaria drug as game-changer as a potential treatment for coronavirus. Since then, many doctors and patients claimed the malaria drug has saved […]
