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-- 2020-06-05 20:59:56
British scientists halted a large trial on Friday that had been exploring the use of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in patients with the pandemic disease COVID-19 after initial results showe...
-- 2020-06-05 20:27:31
British drugmaker AstraZeneca is ready to supply a potential new vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from September. The drug giant also doubled manufacturing capacity for the vaccine to 2 bil...
-- 2020-06-05 19:21:07
Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Friday it was testing a plant-derived drug, AQCH, for the potential treatment of COVID-19 as part of a mid-stage trial, with results expected...
REUTERS 2020-06-05 11:20:55
An influential medical journal article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients was retracted on Thursday, adding to the controversy around a drug championed by U...
Reuters 2020-06-04 18:40:29
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday it plans to begin early human trials of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea later in June and partnered with non-profit organisation Internatio...
REUTERS 2020-06-04 11:23:08
The malaria drug promoted by US President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19 was ineffective in preventing infection in people exposed to the coronavirus, according to a widely anticipated clini...
FE Online Desk 2020-06-03 21:38:45
To pay homage to all the frontline champions to fight Covid-19 and to inspire them in the coming days, Guardian Life Insurance Ltd has produced a special video tribute song. Bappa Mazumd...
Xinhua 2020-06-03 18:30:40
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been debates over which is more effective – hand sanitisers or soap and water. There were rumours that sanitiser gel was more effecti...
-- 2020-06-02 23:46:24
Health and safety is the highest priority at Prime Bank, then comes operations and business. Minimum staff and maximum safety. Strictly maintaining social distancing and extending care and compassio...
-- 2020-06-02 20:10:28
Gilead Sciences Inc is developing easier-to-administer versions of its antiviral treatment remdesivir for COVID-19 that could be used outside of hospitals, including ones that can be inhaled, after tr...
-- 2020-06-02 18:24:37
Gilead Sciences Inc has said its antiviral drug remdesivir had mixed results in a late stage study of people with moderate COVID-19, as patients given a five-day course of the treatment showed statist...
-- 2020-06-02 18:16:00
Keeping at least one metre apart, wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection, according to the largest review to date of studies on coronavirus di...
-- 2020-06-02 17:16:53
As deadly coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, strategies for developing a safe and effective vaccine are rapidly moving forward, according to reports carried by various global news media...
Reuters 2020-06-02 16:39:20
World Health Organization (WHO) experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high-profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the C...
-- 2020-06-02 16:20:10
India's government said on Tuesday it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating COVID-19 patients, reports Reuters. Remdesivir is the first drug to sh...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-02 11:28:22
Keeping at least one metre apart and wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to cut the risk of COVID-19 infection, according to the largest review to date of studies on coronavirus di...
-- 2020-06-01 13:31:32
As the search for a remedy to COVID-19 continues in full swing, the national technical advisory committee on the coronavirus has warned against using any unproven medicine or plasma therapy to treat c...
REUTERS 2020-06-01 10:13:47
The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. "In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy," said Alberto Zangrillo...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-30 19:30:11
As a part of Grameenphone’s COVID-19 responses to support the nation, the company has completed the distributon of 50,000 sets of medical-grade full set professional PPE to DGHS selected-12 hosp...
Reuters 2020-05-30 19:07:32
A Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said in a social media post....
Reuters 2020-05-30 16:28:26
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.Coronavirus...
REUTERS 2020-05-30 12:32:18
The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the UN agency of...
REUTERS 2020-05-29 14:01:00
It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls rolled out a stretcher. Mourning relatives looked on, as a...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-28 17:58:29
Essential food items under Rotary International Bangladesh's 'Meals Everyday' are being distributed every evening all over the country among the helpless people. Leaders including Rotary Governor M...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-28 17:08:09
Swiss-based leading pharmaceutical company Novartis (Bangladesh) Limited has donated 28,000 personal protective equipment (PPEs) to Swiss Red Cross and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. The equipment...
-- 2020-05-27 21:16:09
COVID-19 outbreak has heightened the need to boost pharmaceutical production in poor countries as lack of access to essential medicines is a tragic reality for many families in developing nations, acc...
AP 2020-05-26 15:22:27
The coronavirus pandemic is interrupting immunisation against diseases including measles, polio and cholera that could put the lives of nearly 80 million children under the age of 01 at risk, accordin...
-- 2020-05-26 13:15:12
Over 40 million doctors, nurses, and other health professionals from 90 countries urged G20 leaders to put public health at the centre of their economic recovery packages to help avoid future crises a...
REUTERS 2020-05-26 09:39:41
A researcher leading Thailand’s push to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine says its aim is to make it cost-effective and accessible to Southeast Asia, and play a part in preventing a supply short...
-- 2020-05-25 22:45:55
A clinical trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients has been suspended amid safety concerns, World Health Organisation or WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on M...
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