The country has seen a 40 percent increase in the past month in the number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
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Virginia HughesNew from @katie_thomas: Eli Lilly said its antibody treatment does not work on patients hospitalized with Covid-19. It's the one Chris Christie got (tho he got it pretty early)
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This has been a year of wincing and waiting for the next blow. I’ve learned that hope is best understood not as an emotion, but an orientation.
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Virginia HughesLove this, @elamin88: “Among the kindest feedback we get for the newsletter is that the tone & signoff make readers feel cared for. I’ve had to, by necessity of evidence, adjust my job description in my head to include creating a small space for hope.”
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AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have restarted their late-stage trials after finding that serious illnesses in a few volunteers appeared not to be related to the vaccines.
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Virginia Hugheson astrazeneca trial: According to 2 experts familiar, the F.D.A. did not directly tie the vaccine to the two neurological illnesses. But the agency has advised the company to alert study volunteers about related symptoms like weakness and numbness
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The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.”
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Virginia HughesNEW from @carlzimmer: The Trump administration quietly closed a vaccine safety office last year, hampering efforts to track the long-term safety of a coronavirus vaccine.
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All the weak points of American health care — testing delays, communication breakdowns, inequity — are working against this potential treatment.
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Virginia HughesAntibody Treatments, Though Promising, Will Be in Short Supply >> @katie_thomas on just how tough it will be to get these promising drugs to the right patients
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A manifesto urging reliance on “herd immunity” without lockdowns was warmly received by administration officials. But the strategy cannot stem the pandemic, many experts say.
While questions have surrounded the timing and severity of the president’s illness, health experts said he was unlikely to infect people at Thursday’s town hall event on NBC.
Experts were comforted that companies are following safety precautions. They pointed out that pauses in vaccine trials are common, but pauses in treatment trials like Eli Lilly’s are rare.
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Virginia HughesNew from @carlzimmer: The trial pause for Eli Lilly's antibody treatment might actually be more concerning than the pauses for the vaccine trials...something to watch for sure >>
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The drugmaker’s experimental antibody treatment is similar to the one President Trump received from Regeneron.
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Virginia HughesMore info on the Eli Lilly pause: came from a difference between treatment group and placebo group after 5 days of treatment. Could be adverse events, or just futility, says @EricTopol. They'll reassess on Oct. 26
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