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April 26th 2025
New research confirms hydroxyurea's long-term effectiveness in reducing hospital visits for children with sickle cell anemia, supporting its use as standard treatment.
Potential COVID-19 Treatment Granted Orphan Drug Status
March 25th 2020While remdesivir is not FDA-approved to treat the novel coronavirus, the orphan drug status would provide 7 years of exclusive marketing in the United States and tax credits on research and development costs once the drug was approved.
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FDA Takes Action to Increase US Supplies of PPE, Devices to Combat COVID-19
March 25th 2020The FDA released a statement on taking action to increase US supplies to support the response to the coronavirus disease 2019 by providing instructions to manufacturers importing personal protective equipment and other devices.
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AI Turns Coughing Sounds into Health Data for Flu, Pandemic Forecasting
March 25th 2020The new edge-computing platform may expand the arsenal of health surveillance tools used to forecast seasonal flu and other viral respiratory outbreaks, such as COVID-19 or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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COVID-19 Workers to Be Provided With Training to Protect Own Health
March 25th 2020The program will award grants for training and development of educational resources for employees in high risk occupations who serve the public during emergencies and who need skills to protect their own health.
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Pennsylvania Lifts Regulation on Pharmacies for Telemedicine, Receiving Goods from Out-of-State
March 24th 2020Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s administration has decided that in-state and out-of-state health care providers can treat patients via telemedicine during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
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Study: High Levels of Iron in Lungs Linked to Increased Asthma Severity
March 24th 2020The study, which includes data from asthma patient samples and mouse models, is the first to definitively show a relationship between iron build-up in the lung cells and tissues and the severity of asthma, according to the researchers.
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Study Suggests Second Patient Cured from HIV Through Stem Cell Transplantation
March 23rd 2020A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with an HIV-resistant gene found that there was no active viral infection in the patient’s blood 30 months after they stopped antiretroviral therapy.
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US Pharmacopeia Providing Support to COVID-19 Vaccine, Antiviral Drug Developers
March 23rd 2020The US Pharmacopeia (USP) is providing free technical assistance to developers of antiviral drugs and vaccines that will support the public health response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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