According to Chinese data, one in five patients with COVID-19 may be ill enough to need medical intervention. For the rest with symptoms, the best medication could be ibuprofen and paracetamol, as this controls fever and pain. In order to help rebuild the immune system post-virus, experts recommend antioxidants which can be obtained from a … Read more
Countries that have a widespread vaccination programme involving the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) jab have a coronavirus death rate almost six times lower than nations that do not use it, a study reveals. The BCG vaccine was invented a century ago and gives immunity to tuberculosis (TB) — a bacterial infection — but it is known … Read more
Second US coronavirus vaccine trial which was given funding by Bill Gates launches in Pittsburgh and Kansas City as drug company promises 1 million doses of its shot by year-end Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that it has begun recruiting volunteers for its coronavirus vaccine trial The company will enroll 40 healthy subjects in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, … Read more
GlaxoSmithKline links up with US-based Vir Biotechnology to find a coronavirus vaccine By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 6 April 2020 GlaxoSmithKline has teamed up with a US biotech firm to develop potential vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus. Glaxo said it would collaborate … Read more
Madonna has announced she has donated £1million to the Gates Philanthropy Partners’ COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator in order to help find a cure for coronavirus. In a lengthy statement shared to her website Madona.com, the pop star, 61, said she is ‘so impressed by the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’ that she wants to contribute … 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
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
British doctor who is overseeing the global hunt for a coronavirus vaccine says jab should be fast-tracked for medics and vulnerable patients by JANUARY Dr Melanie Saville said a coronavirus vaccine could be ready by January The jab could be rolled out for health workers before it has been licensed But she said Britons in isolation … Read more
Johnson & Johnson vows to make 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine by 2021 after signing $450 million contract with the US government The Trump Administration signed a contract with Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical branch J&J will get $450 million from the government and, combined with its own funding, $1 billion will go to the … Read more
A 21-year-old man died after his GP failed to alert him he was eligible for a free meningitis vaccine due to a computer blunder. Tim Mason began to fell unwell on March 15 last year but pushed on regardless. The following day, Mr Mason, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, woke in the early hours violently vomiting, prompting … Read more