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News Articles: COVID treatments

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis.

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  • Health

FDA Allows Emergency Use Of First COVID-19 Antibody Drug

U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19.

November 09, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Dexamethasone is a low-cost, anti-inflammatory drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of death in patients with COVID-19.

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  • Health

Trump Was Treated With Steroids: How These Drugs Are Used For COVID-19 Patients

The drug dexamethasone is a cheap, widely available steroid. But how long should COVID-19 patients take it, and what are the side effects?

October 08, 2020
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
President Trump's team of medical specialists overseeing his care at Walter Reed National Military Medical center. He will still have access to round-the-clock care from the White House medical staff.

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  • Health

Cutting-Edge COVID-19 Care For Trump, Not Available For Regular Folks

President Trump will continue to get top-of-the-line medical care for COVID-19 now that he's back at the White House, including the final dose of the new antiviral medication, remdesivir

October 06, 2020
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Trump White House

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  • Health

Emory Doctor: I Would Want Treatment Given To Trump Because It Offers ‘A Lot Of Hope’

The experimental antibody treatment given to President Donald Trump has shown such promise during the trial phase that one of Emory’s top doctors says it is the treatment he would want if he became sick with COVID-19.

October 03, 2020
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  • Wayne Drash
Dr. Anthony Fauci

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  • Health

In Clash With White House, Fauci Says Science, Not Politics, Dictates COVID-19 Vaccine

The nation’s leading infectious disease doctor issued a strong rebuke of the White House on Thursday, saying he would not support political meddling in the rush to make a coronavirus vaccine available to the American public.

September 24, 2020
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  • Wayne Drash and
  • Sarah Rose
Kaitlyn and Lisa Hardin

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  • Health

COVID-19: Treatment A Political Football Or Miracle? One Survivor's Story.

“I knew that this was a novel virus. I knew that we didn't have any tried-and-true effective treatments for it,” she said. “And here I was full-blown, and I had it.”

September 01, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A man holds bottles of a fake coronavirus cure

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  • Health

State Health Department Warns About Fake Treatments For COVID-19

Chlorine dioxide is a bleach-like cleaning agent and, if ingested, can have severe, adverse health effects, including death.

September 01, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Governor Brian Kemp speaks at the opening of a new "Mega-testing" site with U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams looking on at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Monday, August 10, 2020.

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  • Health

Kemp Praises State's COVID-19 Efforts: 'But We Can't Let Up'

Gov. Brian Kemp is touting Georgia's efforts in the fight against COVID-19, saying the state is making "measurable progress" and that hospitalizations have reached its lowest point since early July.

August 31, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Convalescent serum or blood plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patients is being studied as a treatment for others with the disease. The FDA is holding off on giving it emergency use authorization.

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  • Health

Trump Wanted FDA To Fast-Track Blood Plasma Therapy. What Is It?

The president criticized the FDA this week for not giving emergency use approval to an experimental treatment for COVID-19. Scientists argue that the therapy still lacks sufficient evidence.

August 20, 2020
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By:
  • Joe Palca

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