Coronavirus vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on people from THURSDAY, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 17:24 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 17:30 BST, 21 April 2020 A COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on … Read more
Ford is trialling wristbands that vibrate when employees come within six feet of each other to ensure social distancing in its factories during the coronavirus crisis Ford is reportedly trialling the vibrating bracelets on a dozen employees Staff will be buzzed by the accessory if they come within 6ft of someone else The trial at a … Read more
Coronavirus patients from around the world are pleading to join studies of an experimental US antiviral drug that could help fight off the potentially deadly disease. Interest has been so great that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is expanding its study of remdesvir, which has nearly reached its initial goal of 440 patients. … Read more
The medical experts spearheading Britain’s fight against coronavirus have issued a plea for more more infected patients to take part in three major clinical drug trials. NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis and the UK’s chief medical officers penned an open letter to doctors urging them to enroll more volunteers. There are three main … Read more
The medical experts spearheading Britain’s fight against coronavirus have issued a plea for more more infected patients to take part in three major clinical drug trials. NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis and the UK’s chief medical officers penned an open letter to doctors urging them to enroll more volunteers. There are three main … Read more
A new COVID-19 vaccine that fires proteins in the body that destroy the virus within two weeks is just a few months from human trials. The ‘highly scalable’ vaccine is the first peer-reviewed antidote to the coronavirus that currently has much of the world in lockdown or isolation. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh say … Read more
A Japanese drug company has begun the final stages of human trials for its flu therapeutic for treating coronavirus, it announced Tuesday. Fujifilm’s Toyama Chemical branch makes a drug called Avigan, which is approved in Japan for stopping the flu virus from replicating in the body. Researchers with the company think it may well have … Read more
A Japanese drug company has begun the final stages of human trials for its flu therapeutic for treating coronavirus, it announced Tuesday. Fujifilm’s Toyama Chemical branch makes a drug called Avigan, which is approved in Japan for stopping the flu virus from replicating in the body. Researchers with the company think it may well have … Read more
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
Human and animal trials for a British vaccine against the coronavirus are set to begin next week at the Government’s secret science base Porton Down. Scientists will test the drug, made at Oxford University, on animals at the Wiltshire base before trialling on humans next month. The Times reports that the Phase II trials will … Read more