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A pharmacist holds a bottle of hydroxychloroquine in Oakland, Calif., April 6, 2020.
Malaria Drug Fails to Prevent COVID-19 in Rigorous Study
Hydroxychloroquine was no better than placebo pills at preventing illness from the coronavirus.
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Gilead Sciences headquarters in Foster City, Calif., April 30, 2020.
Gilead Says Drug Helped Moderately Ill Coronavirus Patients
Remdesivir is the only treatment that’s been shown in a rigorous experiment to help fight the virus.
Jun 2nd, 2020
Civil protection workers move boxes of ventilators at the customs post in Sarajevo, April 30, 2020.
Officials, Company Owner Arrested Over Useless Ventilators
Two high-ranking Bosnian officials and the owner of a fruit processing company face allegations of money laundering, fraud and embezzlement.
May 29th, 2020
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Handheld UV Light Device Could Kill Coronavirus
Jun 2nd, 2020
Technicians prepare for a clinical trial of a vaccine in Melbourne, Australia, May 26, 2020.
University of Michigan, Deerfield Partner on Drug Discovery
May 27th, 2020
Researchers used existing magnet localization methods, which work very much like GPS, to develop a computer model that predicts the robot's location.
Engineers Develop GPS for Medical Robots
May 26th, 2020
Ground crew unloads medical personal protective equipment from a China Southern Cargo plane, Los Angeles International Airport, April 10, 2020.
States Give Few Details on Billions in Virus Supplies
May 26th, 2020
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A replaceable nanoporous membrane, illustrated above, attached to an N95 mask filters out particles the size of SARS-CoV-2 (purple circles), allowing only clean air (blue circles) through.
Replaceable Filter Could Solve N95 Mask Problems
It has a membrane that more efficiently filters particles the size of SARS-CoV-2 and could be replaced on an N95 mask after every use.
May 22nd, 2020
AstraZeneca logo on a building in South San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 20, 2020.
AstraZeneca Secures Orders for Vaccine Under Testing
The company received more than $1 billion to produce 400 million doses.
May 22nd, 2020
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte waves after attending a session at the Senate in Rome, Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
Agency Warns of Anti-Malaria Drug
There is little data about the effectiveness of the anti-malaria drug promoted by President Trump to treat coronavirus.
May 22nd, 2020
Dr. Frank Gupton, co-founder of Phlow, chair of VCU's Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, and CEO of the Medicines for All Institute, in Richmond, Va., Feb. 22, 2018.
Small Company Receives Huge Pharmaceutical Contract
The federal contract aims to beef up the U.S. supply chain while manufacturing medicines needed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
May 20th, 2020
A bicyclist pedals past an entrance to a Moderna building, Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020.
Early Vaccine Results Encouraging, Company Says
Study volunteers had antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19.
May 19th, 2020
The procedure allows researchers to create an implant tailored precisely to the patient's individual fracture. As this personalized fixation plate is designed to accommodate the forces and loading patterns that arise during the patient's path to recovery, it can significantly improve the fracture healing process. Professor Stefan Diebels (left) and DFKI researcher Christian Wolff with a tailored implant for a lower leg fracture.
Applied Mechanics & AI Deliver Tailored Implants
The implants are tailored precisely to the patient's individual fracture.
May 18th, 2020
A massive international team led by Princeton's Cristian Galbiati worked to design, test and finalize the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM), a low-cost ventilator designed to ease device shortages caused by COVID-19. With FDA approval secured, production has begun and the first 20 ventilators are already on their way to hospitals. Full production starts this week, with an expected initial manufacturing rate of 50 ventilators per day.
FDA Approves Low-Cost Ventilator
It's an open-source ventilator made with off-the-shelf parts designed by the particle physics community.
May 15th, 2020
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speaks during a Senate committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill, May 7, 2020.
NIH Director Expects Large-Scale Summer Vaccine Testing
At least four or five possible vaccines “look pretty promising.”
May 15th, 2020
An opened box of protective masks sits on a pallet at Direct Relief's distribution center in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Counterfeit Masks Reach Frontline Health Workers in US
Millions of medical masks, gloves, gowns and other supplies being used in hospitals across the country are counterfeit.
May 14th, 2020
A participant in a COVID-19 vaccine trial receives an injection in Kansas City, Mo., April 8, 2020.
Chinese Hackers Might Be Targeting Virus Researchers, US Says
The Justice Department said institutions that received media attention should assume that they would be targeted.
May 14th, 2020
In this Feb. 7, 2019 the logo of French drug maker Sanofi is pictured at the company's headquarters, in Paris. French pharmaceutical group Sanofi ensured that it will make its COVID-19 vaccine, when ready, available in all countries, hours after the company's CEO said the United States will get first access.
Drugmaker Walks Back America-First Vaccine Pledge
Just hours earlier the company had said the U.S. would get first access.
May 14th, 2020
A soft robotic exosuit worn by stroke patients on the hemiparetic side of their bodies.
Soft Robotic Exosuit Helps Stroke Survivors Walk Faster
The suit targets limbs during distinct phases of the gait cycle.
May 13th, 2020