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Emergency department visits are down 42% across U.S. due to COVID-19

Hospital emergency departments are seeing steep declines in the numbers of patients they’re treating, and April was an especially rough month. In fact, from April to 2019 to April 2020 there was a 42% decline in emergency department visits, according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the U.S. Centers for… Read More »

Gilead’s remdesivir, shown to hasten COVID-19 recovery, cleared for emergency use by FDA

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared an experimental drug from Gilead for emergency use in treating COVID-19, acting quickly following announcement on Wednesday of encouraging results from a crucial government-run study. Results from the study, which was led by the National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, showed treatment with remdesivir led to… Read More »

Gilead’s remdesivir scores emergency FDA nod in COVID-19 days after big data reveal

Days after U.S. officials and others reported the first positive controlled data for Gilead’s remdesivir in COVID-19, the FDA has given the drug an emergency use authorization. President Donald Trump and Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day made the announcement Friday afternoon at the White House, according to CNBC’s Meg Tirrell. An FDA fact sheet on the… Read More »

PayPal, Intuit QuickBooks approved to take part in coronavirus, small-business emergency loan program

A sign is posted outside of the PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images After weeks of lobbying, fintech companies are officially allowed to take part in the U.S. government’s emergency lending program.  PayPal and Intuit QuickBooks announced Friday evening that they were approved by the Small Business Administration to take… Read More »

Qld to get stronger health emergency laws

Queensland authorities will soon have more time to force anyone suspected of having the deadly coronavirus into isolation. Health Minister Steven Miles is rushing new laws through parliament to extend his existing health emergency order from one week, to three months. The move will give health officers more time to require the quarantine or isolation… Read More »

HHS Secretary Alex Azar declares coronavirus a public health emergency

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has declared the coronavirus a public health emergency in the United States. “Following the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the novel coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern, I have today declared that the coronavirus presents a public health emergency in the United States,” Azar said… Read More »