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Fortunately, while the COVID-19 is spreading around the world, China has achieved progress in controlling the epidemic, and has gradually resumed the economic and social operations, enabling it to free up its hands to accelerate the production of epidemic prevention materials to aid those countries
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How a clinical trial participant became an advocate for the sickle cell community
Shauna Whisenton was once an individual living with sickle cell disease
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Ethiopia agrees to delay filling Nile mega-dam, say Egypt, Sudan
The leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will delay filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile and return to talks aimed at reaching an accord on use of the river's waters, according to statements from Cairo and
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Djibouti, others warned about chloroquine despite big COVID-19 recoveries
Scientists are cautioning against the reliance on hydroxychloroquine in Djibouti‘s management of the coronavirus even though the small African country has seen improved
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Govt to Engage 800,000 Volunteers to Sensitise Communities
The federal government is to engage 800,000 volunteers nationwide to sensitise Nigerians on the dangers and spread of COVID-19, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, said thursday in
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India Pauses Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine Trials – The Wilmington Journal
MUMBAI - The clinical trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca's vaccine candidate for Covid-19 have been paused in India. The Serum Institute of India, which is conducting the clinical trials, announced the pause on Sept. 10. The Swedish-British [...]
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US firm’s vaccine shows promise in first phase
A Covid-19 vaccine that has been developed by an American biotechnology company has been found to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response in the humans against the virus, its manufacturer, Moderna, announced on
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Genentech commences clinical programs in MS with Fenebrutinib and Ocrevus (OTCMKTS:RHHBY)
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Africa: The Curious Case of COVID-19 in Africa
Although Africa is yet to reach its peak, many countries are not seeing the exponential growth in case numbers, or in mortality rates as seen in other regions of the
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Keith L. Black, M.D. – A Trailblazer Inspiring the Next Generation of Neurosurgeons
Bursting with excitement, about 135 seventh- and eighth-graders gathered in a conference room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and listened intently to a speech that could end up shaping their young
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Black-Owned Laboratory's COVID-19 Treatment Shows Promise
The development of ENU200, as a therapeutic, is targeted to treat the up to 80% of asymptomatic, mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 viral
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Chinese company says coronavirus vaccine ready by early 2021
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese pharmaceutical company said Thursday the coronavirus vaccine it is developing should be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the United States. Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to...
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As COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Studies Begin, We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials | Afro
In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the
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Unions, activists call for Cape Town Covid-19 clinical trial to be stopped
In May, the Cape Town-based clinical research organisation, TASK, began a clinical trial to see if a common TB shot — the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine normally given to newborns — could help protect hospital workers from developing serious
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How "You" Can Change the Future of Healthcare! | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Given the recent increase in attention to the topic of clinical research in the wake of the pandemic, it is important, now more than ever, for people of color to talk to their healthcare providers about the possibility in participating in clinical
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Authors pull study flagging hydroxychloroquine risks
The Lancet on Thursday retracted a study that raised safety fears over the use of a drug favored by President Donald Trump to treat Covid-19, after the paper's authors said they could no longer vouch for its underlying
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Uganda coronavirus: flurry of evacuation flight arrivals
The ministry in a press statement termed the protests by Africans living in China against mistreatment there as having been a result of “miscommunication among local authorities about how to handle foreign nationals as they control the spread of
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Black-Owned Laboratory Uses Artificial Intelligence-Based Drug Discovery Platform to Develop Treatment for COVID-19 | Afro
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Madagascar minister sacked over $2m sweets for 'bitter' COVID-Organics
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UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug US President Trump says he is taking — from its global study into experimental COVID-19 treatments, saying that its experts need to review all
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Black People’s Fears Of Clinical Racism Must Be Addressed In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Experts Say
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Africa virus stats: 371,611 cases; 9,485 deaths; 178,524 recoveries
There are now more than over 350,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Criminals use cheeky new method to smuggle cigarettes into SA [photos]
A group of cigarette smugglers has had their masterplan foiled by a joint law enforcement operation in Limpopo - and their unique method has been rumbled.
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Round II: Chad receives 20,000 doses of Madagascar's COVID-Organics
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Again, NAFDAC Warns Against Use of Chloroquine
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has, again, warned Nigerians against taking Chloroquine as treatment for Coronavirus
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Yet, studies show Black Americans continue to distrust medical research and clinical trials, apparently a lasting legacy of the infamous Tuskegee experiment which was shut down more than three decades
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has temporarily suspended trials of hydroxychloroquine from its global study into experimental Covid-19 treatments, saying that its experts need to review all available evidence to
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