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Coronavirus Medication Update. Heartburn Medicine Being Studied as Potential Treatment
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Coronavirus Medication Update. Heartburn Medicine Being Studied as Potential Treatment

Famotidine The search continues to find a cure for the novel coronavirus that is sweeping the world. In the meantime, researchers are looking for anything that may help patients suffering from COVID-19. At the center of one trial taking place in New York with over 180 hospitalized patients is famotidine. Famotidine is the active ingredient…

70 Coronavirus Vaccines Are Under Development, With 3 in Human Trials, WHO Says
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70 Coronavirus Vaccines Are Under Development, With 3 in Human Trials, WHO Says

There are 70 vaccines in development as scientists around the world race to find a treatment for the novel coronavirus. Though there is no frontrunner yet, three are in the human trials testing stage, with one further along than the other two. The trial sizes are small including between 40 and 45 participants.  There are…

Drinking Hand Sanitizer and Wearing Glasses Instead of Contacts
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Drinking Hand Sanitizer and Wearing Glasses Instead of Contacts

The war against COVID-19 rages on, but it may be peaking soon. Though this is difficult to imagine with over 400,000 confirmed coronavirus cases over 14,000 deaths in the United States. April 7, 2020 brought a record number, 1,858, of nationally reported deaths due to the virus. And, unfortunately, the forecasting models indicate that the…