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RedHill Biopharma Announces Approval of Compassionate Use of Opaganib for COVID-19 in Italy

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RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on gastrointestinal diseases, today announced that it has received authorization from the Italian National Institute for Infectious...

Germany COVID-19 cases top 100,000

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Today, German health authorities reported that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has exceeded the 100,000 mark, reaching 100,123, the fourth country to do...

COVID-19 antibody test: Mayo Clinic to release test Monday

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota announced that they will be releasing a coronavirus serology test Monday, April 6. The antibody test will determine...

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine progress moving rapidly: Flinders University

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South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by local company Vaxine Pty Ltd are testing a vaccine candidate against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible...

Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues

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An international team led by University of British Columbia researcher Dr. Josef Penninger has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. The findings,...

Anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 virus in 48 hours in vitro: Monash University researchers

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A collaborative study led by Monash University‘s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) in Melbourne, Australia, with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), has...

Virus-scanning tool could detect previous COVID-19 infections

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When a virus invades the body, it leaves fingerprints behind. A research tool known as VirScan can detect this evidence – from just a single drop of blood – and identify the viruses that have...

COVID-19 potential therapeutic options: A minireview

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The number of potential therapeutic options for treatment of COVID-19 is growing. Approaches include blocking SARS-CoV-2 from entering cells, disrupting the virus’ replication, antivirals, vaccines,...

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Pangolins could be the missing link for SARS-CoV-2 transmission between bats and humans

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As scientists scramble to learn more about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, two recent studies of the virus’ genome reached controversial conclusions: namely, that snakes are intermediate hosts of the...

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Patients with severe forms of coronavirus disease could offer clues to treatment

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Hundreds of clinicians worldwide are banding together in an effort to study some types of severe cases of the new coronavirus disease. The project, led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator...