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Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service
Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.
Woman Gets New Windpipe In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery
A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a trachea. These kinds of transplants are one of the last big transplant challenges.
Vitamin C Apparently Not Useful For Sepsis After All
A seemingly easy and cheap treatment for a deadly disease has failed in a major study. Vitamin C is apparently not useful for sepsis after all. That’s a lesson for similar COIVD-19 treatments.
COVID-19 Vaccine’s Side Effects Could Complicate Efforts To Vaccinate Health Workers
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may have side effects that can sometimes knock people out of work for a day or so. Hospitals are planning vaccine campaigns for their workers to avoid staff shortages.
More Good News For Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Biotech company Moderna has new data reinforcing that its COVID-19 inoculation is safe and effective. The company is submitting an application to the FDA Monday requesting emergency use authorization.
Hospitals Puzzled With How To Administer Monoclonal Antibodies To COVID-19 Patients
Hospitals are figuring out how to administer drugs that are designed to treat people with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The drugs are in short supply, and there is no guarantee they will work.
How Will The U.S. Distribute COVID-19 Antibody Drugs If They Get FDA Approval?
COVID-19 antibody drugs appear to be helping people avoid hospitalization. Tens of thousands of people a day could be candidates to take the drugs, but the scarce supply has to be rationed.
Could COVID-19 Be Treated By Drug Trump Is Touting?
President Trump continues to tout an experimental treatment he received for COVID-19. NPR discusses if the drug is safe and whether there is enough of it to distribute across the U.S.
CDC Changes Testing Guidelines To Exclude People With No COVID-19 Symptoms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its coronavirus testing guidelines, raising questions about whether the move was done to reduce testing.
FDA’s Hahn Apologizes For Overselling Plasma’s Benefits As A COVID-19 Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief said Sunday the therapy reduces deaths among COVID-19 patients by 35%. On Monday he apologized, acknowledging that statistic greatly exaggerates any benefit.
