Category: Drugs
What needs to go right to get a coronavirus vaccine in 12-18 months
Vaccine development is a long and complicated. Only about 6% of vaccine candidates are approved for public use. On average, process takes 10.7 years.
Child vaccination rates drop in Washington state
Providers in Washington’s Childhood Vaccine Program report they give 30% fewer vaccines to 0-18 year olds in March than they usually do.
UW seeks volunteers to study COVID-19 treatments
UW Medicine is enrolling outpatients with COVID-19 for trial of two drug regimens – hydroxychloroquine and hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin.
Anti-Vaccine Activists Latch Onto Coronavirus To Bolster Their Movement
Anti-vaccine groups are seizing on the anti-government sentiment stoked by conservative-leaning protesters to advance their cause, critics say.
Pharmacy Workers Are Coming Down With COVID-19. But They Can’t Afford to Stop Working.
As prescriptions surge, Walgreens and CVS employees say they need more protective gear, cleaning supplies and sick pay.
UW study to ask: Does antimalarial drug prevent COVID-19?
Researchers are investigating whether hydroxychloroquine, a commonly used anti-malarial and autoimmune-disease treatment, can prevent COVID-19.
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About Possible Coronavirus Treatments Promoted by Trump
There isn’t enough evidence that decades-old anti-malarial drugs work for the treatment or prevention of coronavirus, but here’s what we do know so far.
Doctors Hoarding Unproven Coronavirus Medicine by Writing Prescriptions for Themselves and Their Families
A nationwide shortage of two drugs touted as possible treatments for the coronavirus is being driven in part by doctors inappropriately prescribing the medicines for family, friends and themselves.
Old drugs might be able to treat the new coronavirus
Instead of trying to create a new drug, some scientists are looking to see if there are any drugs available today that can fight the coronavirus.
Your questions about COVID-19 answered by Healthcare Triage – Video
Does ibuprofen increase your risk of severe disease? How far away should be from people? And more…
NIH trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins in Seattle
Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteers.
Smallpox, seatbelts and smoking: 3 ways public health has saved lives from history to the modern day
What actually is public health? Here are three examples which show the important role public health plays: Vaccination, traffic safety and smoking reduction
NIH starts trial of COVID-19 treatment
The trial will test the safety and efficacy of the antiviral drug remdesivir in patients hospitalized at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might think
About half of older adults take at least one medication that’s not necessary or no longer needed.