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Queensland researchers develop new anti-viral drug to fight coronavirus; Virgin Australia CEO says international borders need to reopen even if people die; Israel targets Gaza tunnels with air strikes; No new COVID-19 cases in Victoria
By Chanel Zagon17 May 2021 23:03 A leading infectious diseases expert has described the Prime Minister’s proposed incentive of quarantine-free travel for vaccinated Australians as “not a bad concept”. Australia’s international borders are expected to remain closed until mid-2022, according to predictions in Federal Budget papers. However, Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday flagged the “next …
Airway-on-a-chip technology enables COVID-19 drug repurposing
An airway-on-a-chip has been used to show that amodiaquine inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection, making it a potential COVID-19 therapeutic. Researchers have used organ-on-a-chip (organ chip) technology to identify the antimalarial drug amodiaquine as a potent inhibitor of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as outlined in their paper published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. According …
Landmark trial with drug distributors over the opioid crisis begins in West Virginia federal court
Cabell County and its county seat the City of Huntington say the three co-defendants — McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health — created a public nuisance with the ongoing opioid epidemic by failing to monitor, divert and report suspicious orders under the Controlled Substances Act. Between 2006 and 2014, the three companies distributed a combined …
Caldwell County Woman Charged With Drug, Break-in Offenses
42-year-old Betsy Lynn Gravely Watson of Brigadoon Lane in Lenoir was arrested Wednesday (April 28) by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Officers. She’s charged with felony counts of possession of methamphetamine and breaking and entering to a motor vehicle. Watson was brought to the Caldwell County Detention Center under $17,500 secured bond. A District Court date was …
Letter to the Editor: Cold Turkey Is the Key to Breaking Drug Addiction
Leave it up to our wonderful governor to want to throw more money at homelessness. Look at the cities that have the most problems, and they are the sanctuary cities and states. In one recent article, a person stated a roof over one’s head is the first step in treating addiction. Really? The first step …
John Helms Dallas Criminal Defense Attorney Weighs in on North Texas Attorney Accused in Drug Money Laundering Scheme
Dallas, TX , April 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A prominent attorney with a high-rise office in Downtown Dallas has been arrested and charged in a drug money laundering investigation. According to a federal criminal complaint, 51-year-old Ray Jackson was caught in an undercover DEA sting laundering nearly $400,000. The complaint states the DEA started …
EU drug regulator investigating 62 reports of rare clotting worldwide: chief
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s drug regulator is investigating 62 cases worldwide of a rare blood clotting condition which has prompted some countries to limit the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, its chief Emer Cooke said in a briefing on Wednesday. That includes 44 cases in the European Economic Area out of a total of 9.2 …
Dozens arrested as police break up drug “grocery store” | News
South Fulton Police broke up what’s being described as an illegal drug grocery store while also arresting dozens of people. Police have taken approximately 65 into custody at the scene. Those arrested were allegedly “shopping” for illegal drugs at the facility. The “drug grocery store” is located on the 100 block of Selig Drive in …
Rheumatoid arthritis drug reduces risk of death for severely ill Covid-19 patients, researchers say
The preliminary results came from the RECOVERY trial, which has been testing potential Covid-19 treatments since March 2020. Tocilizumab was added to the trial in April 2020. The results were shared in a preprint, but have not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal. For the trial, 2,022 patients were randomly allocated tocilizumab …
Global Drug Delivery Technology Market Is Expected to Reach USD 9000.89 billion by 2028 : Fior Markets
Newark, NJ, Feb. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As per the report published by Fior Markets, the global drug delivery technology market is expected to grow from USD 4827.03 billion in 2020 and to reach USD 9000.89 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 8.1% during the forecast period 2021-2028. The global drug delivery technology …
