Tag: COVID-19 treatments

FDA Approves Drug Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment in People With Kidney Problems, Despite Data Showing Renal Failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 14 approved Veklury, also known as remdesivir, to treat COVID-19 in people with severe renal impairment, including dialysis, despite data showing the drug increases the risk of kidney failure. Remdesivir is an antiviral medication that targets the RNA in viruses to prevent replication. The FDA first…


Ozone Therapy Could Be Effective Against COVID-19 and Cancer

Despite numerous studies conducted over the years demonstrating the diverse potential of ozone in treating various illnesses, the use of ozone therapy as a therapeutic agent remains controversial. That’s partly because ozone has an inherently unstable molecular structure, due to the nature of its mesomeric states. This nature has the scientific community divided. Some scientists…


How I Survived COVID-19: What They Don’t Seem to Want You to Know

I was one of the first 25,000 known COVID-19 cases in the United States in early March 2020 and was lucky enough to find a doctor—a pediatrician—who thought outside the box and successfully treated me—possibly saving my life—against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Being the first adult COVID-19 case my doctor…


We Cannot Count on the CCP for Honesty: Rep. Wenstrup

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), co-chair of the House Doctor’s Caucus, says America cannot count on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or the World Health Organization (WHO) to be honest after the world witnessed their lack of transparency inflame the global CCP virus pandemic back in 2020. “The purpose of an organization like the WHO is to exist…


New Hampshire House Approves Over-the-Counter Ivermectin

New Hampshire took a giant step closer to becoming the first U.S. state to offer Ivermectin without a prescription on March 16. By a 183 to 159 vote, New Hampshire’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives approved HB1022, which would allow pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin under a standing order, meaning anyone can go to a pharmacist and…


New Hampshire Seeks to Make Ivermectin an Alternative COVID Treatment Under Law

New Hampshire is poised to become the first state in the United States to make Ivermectin available as an over the counter medication and sanction it as a protected treatment for COVID-19, under a bill before the House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Committee. While similar bills proposed in three other states have been…


WHO Recommends 2 New Drugs as COVID-19 Treatments

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended two new drugs to treat COVID-19—baricitinib and sotrovimab. Baricitinib, an oral drug, is “strongly recommended” for people with severe or critical COVID-19, to be given with cortico steroids, the WHO announced. Baricitinib is part of a class of drugs called Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, which suppress the overstimulation of…


Utah, Minnesota Face Legal Action for Factoring Race, Ethnicity in Administering COVID-19 Drugs

A nonprofit group led by former members of the Trump administration on Wednesday threatened to sue the health departments of Minnesota and Utah after they issued guidance that considers race and ethnicity to determine COVID-19 treatment eligibility. America First Legal (AFL) in two separate letters to both states accused the health departments of issuing “blatantly…


Australia Secures More COVID-19 Treatments: Hunt

Australia has secured two additional COVID-19 treatments, which Health Minister Greg Hunt has said are not replacing vaccinations. The government has reached an agreement with Roche Products to supply 15,000 doses of the COVID-19 antibody-based therapy Ronapreve. Hunt said the intravenous treatment given in the early stages of infection provides a 70 percent reduction in…