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UK halts trial of ‘useless’ hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients

UK halts trial of ‘useless’ hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients

-- 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...

British drugmaker to supply COVID-19 vaccine from September

British drugmaker to supply COVID-19 vaccine from September

-- 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...

Sun Pharma testing plant-based drug as potential COVID-19 treatment

Sun Pharma testing plant-based drug as potential COVID-19 treatment

-- 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...

Authors retract Lancet article that found hydroxychloroquine risks

Authors retract Lancet article that found hydroxychloroquine risks

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An influential medical journal article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients was retracted on Thursday, adding to the controversy around a drug championed by U...

Inovio plans human trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine in June

Inovio plans human trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine in June

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...

Hydroxychloroquine no better than placebo for COVID-19: Study

Hydroxychloroquine no better than placebo for COVID-19: Study

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...

Guardian Life pays tribute to frontline champions of health sector 

Guardian Life pays tribute to frontline champions of health sector 

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...

Hand sanitisers or soap and water: Which is more effective?

Hand sanitisers or soap and water: Which is more effective?

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...

Health and safety the utmost priority at Prime Bank

Health and safety the utmost priority at Prime Bank

-- 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...

Process underway to develop easier-to-use versions of remdesivir

Process underway to develop easier-to-use versions of remdesivir

-- 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...

‘Remdesivir results mixed in moderate COVID-19 patients’

‘Remdesivir results mixed in moderate COVID-19 patients’

-- 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...

Distancing, masks reduce COVID-19 risk, says largest review of evidence

Distancing, masks reduce COVID-19 risk, says largest review of evidence

-- 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...

First human trials of coronavirus vaccine within days

First human trials of coronavirus vaccine within days

-- 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...

WHO, other experts say no evidence of coronavirus losing potency

WHO, other experts say no evidence of coronavirus losing potency

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...

India approves emergency use of remdesivir

India approves emergency use of remdesivir

-- 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...

Distancing and masks cut COVID-19 risk: Review

Distancing and masks cut COVID-19 risk: Review

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...

BD experts advise against using unproven drugs to treat COVID-19

BD experts advise against using unproven drugs to treat COVID-19

-- 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...

New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says

New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says

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...

GP completes handover of 50,000 PPE

GP completes handover of 50,000 PPE

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...

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by year-end

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by year-end

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....

Coronavirus infection rate may shift toward younger ages

Coronavirus infection rate may shift toward younger ages

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...

Trump cutting US ties with WHO over coronavirus

Trump cutting US ties with WHO over 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...

Inside a COVID-19 hospital in India, doctors see no end in sight

Inside a COVID-19 hospital in India, doctors see no end in sight

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...

Rotary initiative "Meals Everyday" programme continues

Rotary initiative "Meals Everyday" programme continues

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...

Novartis Bangladesh donates 28 thousand PPE

Novartis Bangladesh donates 28 thousand PPE

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...

‘Poor countries should boost local pharmaceutical production’

‘Poor countries should boost local pharmaceutical production’

-- 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...

Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million children

Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million children

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...

G20 urged to put public health at core of COVID-19 recovery

G20 urged to put public health at core of COVID-19 recovery

-- 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...

Thai researcher eyes affordable, accessible coronavirus vaccine for SE Asia

Thai researcher eyes affordable, accessible coronavirus vaccine for SE Asia

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...

Clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients paused: WHO

Clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients paused: WHO

-- 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...