Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark published research indicating that Parkinson’s disease is actually two types of the disease.
Britain will host clinical trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, the Financial Times reported, citing people involved in the project.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded seven companies and academic institutions grants to develop digital health technology to help with the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquito-transmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against Covid-19.
Europe’s healthcare regulator endorsed using dexamethasone to treat Covid-19 patients with breathing difficulties, paving the way for the steroid to become the region’s second approved treatment for the respiratory illness.
U.S. manufacturers are sharply increasing production of cheap, fast – but less accurate – Covid-19 tests, aiming for 100 million per month by year-end 2020 that will enable schools and workplaces to significantly expand testing.
The adverse events that led to a pause in trials evaluating AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate may not have been associated with the vaccine itself, according to a document outlining participant information that was posted online by the Oxford University.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) raised concern about the safety of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether or not to resume testing in the United States following a global pause in the Phase III trial for safety reasons.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine trial in the United States is still on hold, and the FDA was working with the company to figure out if there was a significant safety issue or not.
AstraZeneca resumed the company’s Covid-19 vaccine testing in the United Kingdom following confirmation from the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA) that it was safe to do so.
