by Richard A. Hendricks | May 23, 2020 | Health News
“Preliminary results of this trial suggest that a 10-day course of remdesivir was superior to placebo in the treatment of hospitalized patients with Covid-19,” the researchers wrote. But it was not a cure and it did not act quickly. “These preliminary findings support the use of remdesivir for patients who are hospitalized with Covid-19 and […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 22, 2020 | Health News
But the report also found that deaths of despair increased in some minority communities during the same time period. And separately alcohol-related deaths were up 4% and suicides were up 2%, the analysis by the non-profit health policy groups Trust for America’s...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 15, 2020 | Health News
But there’s not nearly enough to go around, and on Monday, one state health department directed hospitals to consider holding a lottery for scarce medications. The federal government this week sent the California Department of Public Health enough medicine for...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 12, 2020 | Health News
It’s a crisis Italy faced and one the United States largely avoided. But already, doctors in the US are facing another difficult decision: How to ration limited supplies of an experimental drug shown to be effective against the virus. “We actually did,...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 10, 2020 | Health News
“Based on what we’ve learned in this study, it’s encouraging,” said Dr. Joseph Conigliaro, a coauthor of the paper and a physician at Northwell Health. “This association is actually really compelling.” The drug, famotidine, has been...
