Direct Biologics, a regenerative biotechnology company with a groundbreaking extracellular vesicle (EV) platform technology, announced that the FDA cleared the company to proceed with a Phase 3 clinical trial using the investigational EV drug ExoFlo to treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) due to Covid-19. 

A new study from a team in California examined the differences between the sexes in the long-hauler response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The risk of illness from Covid-19 dropped 95.8% among people who received both shots of Pfizer’s vaccine, Israel’s Health Ministry said on Feb. 20.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in Covid-19 cases, while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon.

Nearly 300,000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than expected based on historical trends, with about two-thirds of the deaths due to Covid-19 illnesses, according to a report.