COVID-19 Vaccine Shipped, and Drug Trials Start
Share
[aggregation-styles]
TIME
Moderna Therapeutics, a biotech company based in Cambridge, Mass., has shipped the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was created just 42 days after the genetic sequence of the COVID-19 virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was released by Chinese researchers in mid-January.
The first vials were sent to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, which will ready the vaccine for human testing as early as April.
NIH scientists also began testing an antiviral drug called remdesivir that had been developed for Ebola, on a patient infected with SARS-CoV-2. The trial is the first to test a drug for treating COVID-19, and will be led by a team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The first patient to volunteer for the ground-breaking study is a passenger who was brought back to the US after testing positive for the disease aboard the Diamond Princess. Others diagnosed with COVID-19 who have been hospitalized will also be part of the study.
Remdesivir showed encouraging results among animals infected with two related coronaviruses, one responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and another for causing Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
Read More →
TIME
Moderna Therapeutics, a biotech company based in Cambridge, Mass., has shipped the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was created just 42 days after the genetic sequence of the COVID-19 virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was released by Chinese researchers in mid-January.
The first vials were sent to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, which will ready the vaccine for human testing as early as April.
NIH scientists also began testing an antiviral drug called remdesivir that had been developed for Ebola, on a patient infected with SARS-CoV-2. The trial is the first to test a drug for treating COVID-19, and will be led by a team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The first patient to volunteer for the ground-breaking study is a passenger who was brought back to the US after testing positive for the disease aboard the Diamond Princess. Others diagnosed with COVID-19 who have been hospitalized will also be part of the study.
Remdesivir showed encouraging results among animals infected with two related coronaviruses, one responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and another for causing Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
Read More →
By Alice Park | 25 Feb 2020
RELATED TOPICS:
US Threatens California With Legal Action Over Transgender Sports Law
Politics /
1 hour ago
US Veterans Affairs Will Cut Nearly 30,000 Jobs, Far Fewer Than Planned
News /
1 hour ago
Houston Astros Donate $1M to Help Recovery From Texas Floods
Sports /
2 hours ago
Tucker Carlson Aired Interview With President of Iran
World /
2 hours ago
Madera County Multi-Agency Effort Leads to Arrest of Felony Suspect in Atwater
Crime /
2 hours ago
Fresno Police Arrest DUI Driver During Crackdown on Illegal Street Racing and Sideshows
Crime /
2 hours ago
July 4 Weekend Was No Picnic for Fresno-Area Firefighters. How Bad Did It Get?
Latest /
3 hours ago
Tulare County Seizes 300 Pounds of Illegal Fireworks Over Fourth of July
Crime /
3 hours ago
US Proposes Rules That Could Boost Oil, Gas Output in US West
News /
4 hours ago
Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told President Donald Trump he had nominated him for the Nobel Peace ...
World /
15 minutes ago
Categories
Latest
Videos

World /
15 minutes ago
Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

World /
22 minutes ago
Netanyahu Meets Trump at White House as Israel, Hamas Discuss Ceasefire

Energy /
55 minutes ago
Trump Executive Order Seeks End to Wind and Solar Energy Subsidies

Politics /
1 hour ago
US Threatens California With Legal Action Over Transgender Sports Law

News /
1 hour ago
US Veterans Affairs Will Cut Nearly 30,000 Jobs, Far Fewer Than Planned

Sports /
2 hours ago
Houston Astros Donate $1M to Help Recovery From Texas Floods

World /
2 hours ago
Tucker Carlson Aired Interview With President of Iran

Video /
4 days ago