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Singapore firm invents coronavirus breathalyser with results in seconds

Fri, 2020-10-30 21:07 — mike kraft

Singapore firm invents coronavirus breathalyser with results in seconds A company in Singapore has developed a breathalyser test for the new coronavirus which it says will enable people to know whether they are infected in under a minute. Chen Lin U.S.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A company in Singapore has developed a breathalyser test for the new coronavirus which it says will enable people to know whether they are infected in under a minute.

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2nd study testing a COVID-19 antibody drug has a setback

Fri, 2020-10-30 20:27 — mike kraft

2nd study testing a COVID-19 antibody drug has a setback For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has been paused to investigate a possible safety issue in hospitalized patients. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals... AP NEWS

For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has been paused to investigate a possible safety issue in hospitalized patients.

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Why Autopsies Are Proving Crucial During Covid-19

Fri, 2020-10-30 20:02 — mike kraft

Why Autopsies Are Proving Crucial During Covid-19 Advances in medical imaging have reduced the need for the procedure, but it is leading to discoveries that may help with better treatments Emma Yasinski Undark Smithsonian Magazine

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New CDC study shows how rapidly COV-10 can spread in a household

Fri, 2020-10-30 19:47 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Breaks Daily Record With Over 92,000 New Cases as Surge Quickens Two dozen states are reporting their worst weeks ever for new cases. The S&P 500 had it worst week since March. Belgium, its infection rate back among the world’s highest, locks down. nytimes

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Slovakia to test all adults for SARS-CoV-2

Fri, 2020-10-30 19:33 — mike kraft

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32261-3/fulltext

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Remsdesvir: Some experts troubled about FDA approval for COVID-19 treatment

Fri, 2020-10-30 14:07 — mike kraft

The United States reached a milestone, of sorts, when last week the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for Covid-19.

The drug is called Veklury, although most people know it by its scientific name, remdesivir.

On Wednesday, its manufacturer, Gilead Sciences, said that remdesivir, which has been authorized for emergency use since the spring, had brought in $873 million in revenues so far this year and that it was the company’s second-best-selling drug in the third quarter, behind its H.I.V. drug, Biktarvy.

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New research shows that Covid-19 antibodies can neutralize the virus and last up to five months

Fri, 2020-10-30 13:15 — mike kraft

There’s encouraging news about antibodies in a new paper published in the journal Science from researchers at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital. In their study of the antibody responses of patients with either mild or moderate Covid-19, antibody levels appeared to stay relatively stable for at least five months, and their presence was correlated with the inactivation of the virus.

Antibodies are molecules pumped out by the immune system in response to infection, and they have a role in preventing future infections, though exactly how they function within the context of Covid-19 isn’t clear yet. Scientists are urgently trying to figure out whether the presence of antibodies actually means a person is protected from future infection as well as how long antibodies last in the body. Knowing this is crucial, especially for vaccine development.

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Death Rates Have Dropped for Seriously Ill Covid Patients

Fri, 2020-10-30 12:50 — mike kraft

The coronavirus struck the United States earlier this year with devastating force. In April, it killed more than 10,000 people in New York City. By early May, nearly 50,000 nursing home residents and their caregivers across the country had died.

But as the virus continued its rampage over the summer and fall, infecting nearly 8.5 million Americans, survival rates, even of seriously ill patients, appeared to be improving. At one New York hospital system where 30 percent of coronavirus patients died in March, the death rate had dropped to 3 percent by the end of June.

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