BY RACHEL SCULLY There have been at least two dozen lawsuits filed around the U.S. demanding hospitals give ivermectin, a deworming drug, to COVID-19 patients, The Associated Press reported. The lawsuits follow much of the same format; families have gotten a...
BY NATALIE PRIEB Pharmaceutical company Merck on Friday said it will seek an emergency authorization for its oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment after the medicine was shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization by 50 percent during clinical trials. An analysis of...
BY PETER SULLIVAN The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling for the "immediate end" to the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, and for doctors to stop prescribing it for that purpose, amid a spike in the use of the drug. Ivermectin, often used as a...
BY LEXI LONAS The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned the public against using the animal parasite medicine ivermectin to treat a COVID-19 infection at home. “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it,” the agency said on Twitter,...
BY RACHEL SCULLY Facebook said that an article about a doctor who passed away two weeks after getting a coronavirus vaccine was the top-performing link on the social media platform in the U.S. from January to March, according to a report released Saturday. The...
By Joseph Choi with Commentary by Michael Lerner Biden had hoped we were past the worst by July 4. Then Delta happened. Fauci has the new message: "Things are gonna get worse...[but] I don't think we're gonna see lockdowns."Here is the new reality: There likely won't...
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN A study into the immune responses of the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines found that Moderna’s vaccine created twice as many antibodies as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Researchers analyzed the antibody levels of Belgium health care workers after they...
BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy penned an editorial on the conservative network's website on Tuesday praising President Biden for how he has handled the coronavirus pandemic and urging Americans to get vaccinated against the virus. "Six months into his...
June 17, 2021 ~ The Hill ~ by Justine Coleman Biden administration investing billions in antiviral pills for COVID-19 The Biden administration plans to invest billions of dollars in antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 and ready the U.S. to combat future viruses that...
June 14, 2021 ~ The Hill ~ by Christopher Spencer CDC says vaccine link to heart inflammation is stronger than previously thought Although it has not been officially confirmed to be an associated problem, the agency is investigating 226 cases of myocarditis and...
June 11, 2021 ~ The Hill ~ by Jordan Williams CDC to hold 'emergency meeting' on heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccines An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold an emergency meeting on June 18 to discuss rare reports of...
June 1, 2021 ~ The Hill ~ by Mychael Schnell Fauci: Emails highlight confusion about Trump administration's mixed messages early in pandemic Anthony Fauci said emails obtained by The Washington Post reflected “mixed messages that were coming out of the White House”...