Search for coronavirus cure becomes a global competition with more than 20 clinical trials in Britain, the rest of Europe, China and the US Development for a cure normally takes up to five years before being released US Biotech company Moderna has already started tests on humans Another US firm Inovio hopes to produce one … Read more
Boris Johnson today revealed the first British coronavirus patient is taking part in a drug trial in hope of finding a way to fight the killer infection. Researchers around the world are desperately hunting a cure, amid fears thousands more patients will be struck down by the life-threatening illness. The Prime Minister – who also announced … Read more
Boris Johnson today revealed the first British coronavirus patient is taking part in a drug trial in hope of finding a way to fight the killer infection. Researchers around the world are desperately hunting a cure, amid fears thousands more patients will be struck down by the life-threatening illness. The Prime Minister – who also announced … Read more
Charles Sabine had spent 26 years covering the misery of war and disaster, with his reports appearing on the BBC and ITN. But on a summer’s day in 2005 he received blood test results that had the potential to send his own life into freefall. His brother, John, was in the grip of Huntington’s disease, … Read more
As coronavirus continues to spread across the US, myths and misinformation seem to run abound. So far, there are more than 5,200 confirmed cases in America and 94 people have died. Many have been preaching online and on social media about how to best protect yourself, including that masks are the best defense while others … Read more
Drugs used to treat HIV and malaria could be used to tackle the coronavirus, according to scientists in Australia. A team of infectious disease experts at the University of Queensland in Brisbane say they have seen two existing medications manage to wipe out COVID-19 infections. Chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, and HIV-suppressing combination lopinavir/ritonavir have both … Read more