A sign announcing the beginning of immunizations against covid-19 at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center on December 17, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Photo: Jeff Swensen (Getty Images) On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of a covid-19 vaccine developed by the Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna. It’s the second such good news in …
Right now vaccines for the coronavirus are still being developed and it could only be in 2021 where we’ll be able to get our hands on them. This means that for now, patients who have COVID-19 will need to be treated as the symptoms come up, but the FDA is trying to make that process …
Photo: Joe Raedle / Staff (Getty Images) A drug proven to help prevent hospitalizations in high-risk patients already sick with Covid-19 will soon become widely available, thanks to an emergency FDA clearance issued Monday night for an Eli Lilly & Co.-manufactured antibody therapy. Advertisement The drug, called bamlanivimab, is a single antibody treatment that must …