What the death of a journalist from COVID-19 says about Croatia’s health system
The death of journalist Vladimir Matijanić from Covid-19 raised questions about the adequacy of the health system in Croatia, and also led to a fresh wave of criticism of Health Minister Vili Beroš
China approves homegrown oral antiviral for treating COVID-19
The Chinese company producing Azvudone claimed that 40% of COVID-19 patients administered the drug for more than a week during the third phase of the clinical trial showed improvements when it came to symptoms
COVID-19 treatment: SOLIDARITY trial is restarting with 3 drugs this time
The drug candidates for repurposing are imatinib, a cancer drug; infliximab, an antibody; and artesunate, an anti-malarial drug. The tests seek to explore possible drugs that can be repurposed to treat severely affected COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 in India: ‘Need to strengthen public health system’
Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath analyses the current COVID-19 crisis in India with Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha.
Modi government vs COVID-19: A shambolic fight
In tackling the second wave, India’s Central government led by Narendra Modi has been bumbling and groping for solutions, mostly much delayed and inadequate
WHO mega trial results out: Remdesivir, Interferon fail to prove effective
None of the four drug/drug combinations that were deployed in the WHO’s SOLIDARITY trial were found to be effective in reducing mortality, not even the much-hyped anti-viral drug Remdesivir
How can countries overcome US monopoly over Remdesivir?
After making America sick again, president Donald Trump is trying to compensate for his administration’s failure by buying up the entire stock of Remdesivir from Gilead for the next three months for the US, and leaving nothing for the rest of the world.
Break Gilead’s patent since US has bought all stock of Remdesivir
Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of Remdesivir to cover up his disastrous handling of the Covid-19 epidemic so far
US Buys Up Remdesivir: We Must Break Patents for Access to COVID-19 Drug
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha discusses the US buying out supplies of the COVID-19 drug, Remdesivir.
COVID-19: Dexamethasone provides some hope for severely ill
In a trial, Dexamethasone, an inexpensive and widely used corticosteroid, reduced deaths by one-third in ventilated patients and by one-fifth in patients receiving oxygen support
World Health Assembly 2020: Is our response to COVID-19 adequate?
Activists of the People’s Health Movement talk about the World Health Assembly that begins today, the key issues that will come up for discussion, and the collapse of the global governance system in the realm of public health
How discovering the structure of SARS-CoV-2 makes antiviral drug design possible
A group of Chinese researchers have successfully decoded the structure of the viral enzyme key to the novel coronavirus’ survival
