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First signs if a COVID-19 vaccine works possible in autumn: GAVI

-- 2020-05-24 21:12:56

First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance told a Swiss newspaper, forecasting a long road...

NIH trial: Remdesivir works best in COVID patients on oxygen

REUTERS 2020-05-24 13:51:51

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday said that data from its trial of Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir show that the drug offers the most benefit for COVID-19 patients who need e...

Coronavirus: Immune clue sparks treatment hope

BBC 2020-05-23 16:17:55

UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients. It has been found those with the most severe form of the dise...

Bangladesh also exploring plasma therapy as a ray of hope

-- 2020-05-23 13:52:44

As the world grapples with a rising number of coronavirus cases and deaths with a vaccine still far off, researchers are now betting on Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) for saving lives of COVID-19 p...

CanSino coronavirus vaccine appears safe in first human trial

-- 2020-05-22 23:57:30

A coronavirus vaccine tested for the first time in humans is safe and induces a rapid immune response, researchers at China's CanSino Biologics Inc reported on Friday in The Lancet medical journal. B...

Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine moves to next stage of human trial

-- 2020-05-22 21:06:19

University of Oxford researchers working on a vaccine to protect against coronavirus on Friday confirmed that they are moving to the next level as they begin recruiting over 10,000 people for the seco...

‘Malaria drug touted by Trump tied to increased risk of death’

-- 2020-05-22 20:26:07

Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, touted by US President Donald Trump, was tied to increased risk of death in a study in 96,000 COVID-19 patients, according to a paper published in the Lancet. Accordi...

UK puts on trial invention for COVID-19 test in 20 minutes

-- 2020-05-22 17:57:15

Britain put on trial a just-invented mechanism that could identify coronavirus infection in 20 minutes time on the spot, without sending samples to laboratories UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has s...

US secures 300m doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine

REUTERS 2020-05-22 10:11:38

The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1.0 billion doses planned for AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine by pledging up to $1.2 billion, as world powers scramble for medicin...

Sera Water tanks donates dustbin to NICVD

FE Online Desk 2020-05-21 23:12:39

Sera, popular water tank brand of RFL Group, has donated dustbins to National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD). Officials of Sera Water Tank handed over the dustbins to Dr. Ashraful Hoque...

Beximco Pharma introduces world’s first generic Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment

FE Online Desk 2020-05-21 18:07:07

Beximco Pharmaceuticals on Thursday announced the launch of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug which has recently been given US FDA “Emergency Use Authorisation” for treatment of COVID-19...

Inovio says COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies in mice, guinea pigs

-- 2020-05-20 19:46:17

US immunotherapy company Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc on Wednesday said its experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection was shown to produce protective antibodies and immune system responses i...

All provinces in China are asked to set up P3 lab: Ministries

Global Times 2020-05-20 16:37:49

China's economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and two other government ministries on Wednesday issued a plan that requires every province in China to set up at least...

Burger King shares Iftar with healthcare workers

FE Online Desk 2020-05-20 14:26:19

Burger King shared a set of iftar meal with all the frontliners of Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital and Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital. “It was...

WHO states agree on COVID-19 response probe

-- 2020-05-19 20:20:34

World Health Organization member states agreed to an independent probe into the UN agency's COVID-19 response as US criticism mounted over its handling of the pandemic. Countries taking part in the W...

Children may not transmit COVID-19, epidemiologists say

-- 2020-05-19 20:04:39

There are tentative signs that children may not spread the novel coronavirus as much as adults, two top epidemiologists said on Tuesday, though they cautioned that the bad news was that human immunity...

RMC launches second PCR lab

-- 2020-05-19 18:08:41

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has launched its second Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing lab to detect COVID-19 infection. “The lab was formally inaugurated in the afternoon by testing...

WHO to review its pandemic handling

-- 2020-05-18 19:40:28

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that he would initiate an independent evaluation of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic at the ‘earliest appropriate moment&rs...

UK adds loss of smell and taste to COVID-19 symptom list

-- 2020-05-18 19:31:21

The United Kingdom has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of COVID-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough - a step that it hopes could help pick up about 2 per cent m...

Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

-- 2020-05-18 19:26:09

Moderna Inc said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced antibodies that could "neutralise" the new coronavirus in patients in a small early stage clinical trial, sending its shares up 25...

BSMMU introduces online appointment to reduce patient suffering

-- 2020-05-18 13:55:14

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has introduced an online appointment system to lessen the suffering of patients and contain the risks of contagion from the waiting service seekers amid...

BD doctors claim to have found effective drugs for COVID-19 patients

-- 2020-05-17 17:50:41

A Bangladeshi medical team has said they found combination of two widely used drugs to have yielded ‘astounding’ results in curing patients with acute COVID-19 symptoms amid desperate glob...

Gilead to end remdesivir trials, adding to access worry

-- 2020-05-16 18:16:15

Gilead Sciences Inc's two clinical studies of its potential coronavirus treatment remdesivir will wind down by the end of May, closing off a path of patient access to the antiviral medication, accordi...

BRAC Bank contributes 1,000 face shields for DMP

FE Online Desk 2020-05-15 22:35:49

BRAC Bank has contributed 1,000 pieces of imported face shields to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), says a press release. The contribution came on to help DMP ensure the safety of police pers...

BAT says potential COVID-19 vaccine using tobacco leaves ready for human trials

-- 2020-05-15 20:48:28

World’s No.2 cigarette company British American Tobacco said on Friday it was ready to test its potential COVID-19 vaccine using proteins from tobacco leaves on humans, after it generated a posi...

Virus vaccine two years away: Novartis CEO

-- 2020-05-15 16:10:21

Any vaccine to fight the new coronavirus will not be ready for use for at least two years, the chief executive of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis , which no longer makes vaccines itself, told a...

Qatar Airways to give away 0.1m complimentary tickets to frontline healthcare professionals

FE Online Desk 2020-05-14 17:37:36

Qatar Airways will give away 100,000 free tickets to frontline healthcare professionals to say thank you for their heroic work looking after people during the current COVID-19 pandemic. By maintainin...

COVID-19 vaccines, tests, treatment should be patent-free: Oxfam

UNB 2020-05-14 13:03:20

Oxfam has urged governments and pharmaceutical companies to guarantee that vaccines, tests, and treatments will be patent-free and equitably distributed to all nations and people. The agency made the...

Mental health: Experts warn of overusing gadgets

-- 2020-05-14 12:03:24

People holed up at their homes for weeks during the general holiday meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus are exposed to mental health issues because of their over-dependence on gadgets and elect...

Coronavirus: Children affected by rare inflammatory reaction

-- 2020-05-14 10:38:14

Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. A number of children have also been diagnosed with the disease - which can cause symptoms similar...