coronavirus treatment

Pharmaceutical giant Gilead says it plans to charge at least $2,300 for a single treatment course of Remdesivir, a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill coronavirus patients.

A new study out of the University of Minnesota suggests that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has no effect on preventing patients from contracting the novel coronavirus.

Results from a phase three trial show that Remdesivir helps recovery in moderately-ill coronavirus patients.

At a press conference on Monday, Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health, confirmed that HHS is working with a network of children’s hospitals and intensive care units to better understand the extreme coronavirus symptoms in infected children.

When asked if he takes responsibility for the spike in calls to poison control centers around the country following his on-camera comments about bleach and disinfectant injection as a potential coronavirus treatment, President Donald Trump said, “I can’t imagine why.”

Several D.C. hospitals are taking part in an experimental treatment that could be a lifesaver for critical COVID-19 patients. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center are part of a clinical trial sponsored by the Mayo Clinic. It’s called convalescent plasma therapy, injecting antibodies from coronavirus survivors into patients who are still fighting the virus at the...

Several D.C. hospitals are taking part in an experimental treatment that could be a lifesaver for critical COVID-19 patients. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.

Singer Jon Bon Jovi paid a digital visit this week to a kindergarten class, where he helped students strengthen their songwriting skills.

As patients with COVID-19 continue pouring into emergency departments and intensive care units across the nation, an old treatment that has been adapted for a new disease is now being tested in New York, NBC News reports.