by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 31, 2020 | Health News
“I think it will be a very effective vaccine. That’s my prediction,” said Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser of Operation Warp Speed. “My personal opinion based on my experience and the biology of this virus, I think this vaccine is going to be highly efficacious. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s in the 90% [range].” Slaoui, […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 19, 2020 | Health News
At 5 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called familial chylomicronemia syndrome, or FCS — a disorder that would lead to lifelong bouts of severe abdominal pain, liver problems and pancreas inflammation. Years later in New York, Melissa...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 17, 2020 | Health News
The CDC reported 70,980 projected overdose deaths in 2019, more than the previous record of 70,699 deaths set in 2017, and experts fear the numbers could be even worse next year, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. More than 35 states saw overdose deaths increase...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 2, 2020 | Health News
“President Trump has struck an amazing deal to ensure Americans have access to the first authorized therapeutic for Covid-19,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar in a news release. HHS has secured more than 500,000 treatment courses of the antiviral drug for US...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 30, 2020 | Health News
Gilead Sciences, the company that makes the Covid-19 drug, announced in an open letter on Monday morning that it has decided to set a price of $390 per vial for the US government, which would include Medicaid, and other governments of developed countries. A typical...
