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Tag: Food and Drug Administration
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Meharry Medical College Hopes to Test COVID-19 Anti-Viral in Two Weeks
A scientist at Meharry Medical College, a historically Black institution, said he is two weeks away from testing an anti-virus that could potentially prevent COVID-19, the easily transmittable respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, which has taken 26,708 lives in the U.S. as of Thursday, reported NBC News. With much of those cases disproportionately affecting […]
April 16, 2020
COVID-19
FDA Approves Low-Cost Ventilator Developed by U of Minnesota
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a low-cost ventilator developed by the University of Minnesota with an aim to treat COVID-19 patients, reported the Associated Press. The mechanical ventilator, called the Coventor, is compact and easy to use, said the university on its website.  Unlike commercial mechanical ventilators, the Coventor doesn’t require pressurized […]
April 16, 2020
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