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Science says Trump was right: malaria drugs need to be pursued as a coronavirus therapy
14 April 2020 - When President Donald Trump suggested that an off-labeled repurposing of a pair of old antimalarial drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
Vaccine development is a case of 'market failure'
13 April 2020 - Reliance on the private market to develop vaccines has failed, leaving us vulnerable to pandemics such as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
COVID-19: world needs a global approach to fight: Bill Gates
12 April 2020 - Over the past few weeks, I’ve spoken to dozens of experts about COVID-19, and there’s clear ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2020
How a premier U.S. drug company became a virus ‘super spreader'
12 April 2020 - Biogen employees unwittingly spread the coronavirus from Massachusetts to Indiana, Tennessee and North Carolina. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2020
This tiny federal agency was built to respond to a crisis like coronavirus. Now that it’s here, is BARDA ready?
6 April 2020 - It seems like an agency tailor-made for a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2020
Trump’s aggressive advocacy of malaria drug for treating coronavirus divides medical community
6 April 2020 - While Dr. Anthony Fauci has urged caution in using hydroxychloroquine, some doctors are prescribing it to patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
COVID-19 update: daily roundup 6 April 2020
6 April 2020 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Flu vaccination more important than ever during the month of April
1 April 2020 - With the 2020 flu season not far away, all Australians — and especially those in vulnerable groups ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2020
Oracle providing White House with software to study unproven coronavirus drugs
24 March 2020 - The online platform could allow physicians to upload patient data on how malaria drugs perform on coronavirus ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2020
Nobel Prize winner says virus curve will flatten in 'couple of weeks'
24 March 2020 - Peter Doherty won the Nobel prize in medicine for his work on the immune system. "I'm ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2020
'Get it done. We need it': Trump's coronavirus message to big pharma
3 March 2020 - President Donald Trump sought to show his personal engagement in the fight against coronavirus, meeting with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2020
FDA takes significant step in coronavirus response efforts, issues emergency use authorisation for the first 2019 novel coronavirus diagnostic
4 February 2020 - Critical milestone reached in response to this outbreak. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2020
FDA updates prioritization policy for original abbreviated new drug applications, amendments and supplements to maximise impact on public health
30 January 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA is making critical updates to our policy for prioritising the review of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
FDA reiterates the importance of vaccines such as the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine
6 September 2019 - The U.S. continues to experience cases and outbreaks of measles, largely due to unvaccinated or under-vaccinated segments ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
Private insurers are afraid of Medicare for all. They should be excited.
5 June 2019 - Since presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced his “Medicare for All” plan in early ...