BioHealth News Archive
Amid concerns that startups could be left out of COVID-19 bailout, investors step up lobbying | TechCrunch
The massive bailout package that the U.S. government passed last week to stave off an economic collapse from measures put in place to mitigate…
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Coronavirus Patients May Carry Virus for a Week after Symptoms Have Resolved
A small study reported by researchers in Beijing and the United States found that 50% of patients treated for COVID-19 infection still carried the…
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Emergency Use Authorizations | FDA
This page lists current and terminated Emergency Use Authorizations that make available diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices to diagnose and respond to public health…
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National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening | American Enterprise Institute – AEI
This report provides a road map for navigating through the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It outlines specific directions for adapting our…
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Johnson & Johnson Announces a Lead Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19; Landmark New Partnership with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; and Commitment to Supply One Billion Vaccines Worldwide for Emergency Pandemic Use | Johnson & Johnson
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 30, 2020 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate…
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Johns Hopkins doctor identifies ‘5 major conditions’ for relaxing social distancing | Fox News
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Dr. Thomas Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins…
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In the third week of February, as the covid-19 epidemic was still flaring in China, I arrived in Kolkata, India. I woke up to…
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Mining the SARS-CoV-2 Genome for Answers
Thirty thousand base pairs make up the (relatively tiny) SARS-CoV-2 genome. A singular genome holds limited information. But, by comparing multiple genomes from different…
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Hopkins to lead coronavirus treatment study backed by Bloomberg and Md. – Maryland Daily Record
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the state of Maryland will spend $4 million to back a Johns Hopkins University study into whether the blood of recovered…
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Hampton Roads’ 757 Angels fuels growth of startups – The Virginian-Pilot – Inside Business
Sometimes, business success requires someone who has your back. Now in its sixth year, 757 Angels continues to support start-ups in Hampton Roads and…
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How one company is fast-tracking development of potential plasma-based treatments for the coronavirus | TechCrunch
Medical biotech company Emergent BioSolutions is one of the many health industry players turning its efforts towards addressing the current global coronavirus pandemic. Their…
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Bioinformatics analysis of Nanopore sequencing data for SARS-CoV-2
The study of the COVID-19 pandemic often involves sequencing the SARS-CoV-2 virus using Illumina, Nanopore, IonTorrent and Sanger technologies alone or in combination. Depending…
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QIAGEN Releases Coronavirus Test Kit in US on New FDA Policy | Nasdaq
QIAGEN N.V. QGEN announced that it started shipping its new QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel test (which is to be sold as an in-vitro diagnostic…
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Calprotectin indicates inflammatory response earlier than PCT and CRP
Gentian Diagnostics AS is pleased to announce that the results from a study conducted in collaboration with University College of London (UCL) are published…
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Meet the seven people who are helping Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan make coronavirus decisions – Baltimore Sun
When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan decides to close nonessential businesses, bars and restaurants and limit public gatherings, he isn’t doing so all on his…
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