coronavirus treatment

Pharmaceutical giant Gilead says it plans to charge at least $2,300 for a single treatment course of Remdesivir, a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill coronavirus patients.

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are engaged in an all-hands-on-deck effort to find a treatment for the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers has the exclusive report.

A new study out of the University of Minnesota suggests that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has no effect on preventing patients from contracting the novel coronavirus.

Results from a phase three trial show that Remdesivir helps recovery in moderately-ill coronavirus patients.

Local universities and hospitals are launching a new smartphone tool called “The New Normal Match.” The programs pairs researchers working on developing a coronavirus vaccine and treatments with everyday people who are willing to participate in those clinical trials. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seized Chinese medications on Tuesday, which falsely claim to improve COVID-19 symptoms. Officials confiscated three parcels of Lianhua Qingwen Jiaonang, a Chinese medication falsely advertising to treat the coronavirus. Each parcel contained 9,600 capsules for a total of 28,000. The domestic cost of the medication equates to $28,797. Though…

What if light therapy could stop the spread of the coronavirus by eliminating the viral load in your nose? One Canadian company with offices in Chicago says it has the technology to make that happen. “This is a very simple intervention. It takes a couple minutes. It’s inexpensive. It’s portable,” said Dr. Nicolas Loebel, Chief Technology Officer at Ondine...

At a press conference on Monday, Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health, confirmed that HHS is working with a network of children’s hospitals and intensive care units to better understand the extreme coronavirus symptoms in infected children.

What if light therapy could stop the spread of coronavirus by eliminating the viral load in your nose? One Canadian company with offices in Chicago says it has the technology to make that happen. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Health officials are in the process of researching how plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 can be used to treat current patients. NBC 5 Regina Waldroup reports.

When asked if he takes responsibility for the spike in calls to poison control centers around the country following his on-camera comments about bleach and disinfectant injection as a potential coronavirus treatment, President Donald Trump said, “I can’t imagine why.”

Singer Jon Bon Jovi paid a digital visit this week to a kindergarten class, where he helped students strengthen their songwriting skills.

As patients with COVID-19 continue pouring into emergency departments and intensive care units across the nation, an old treatment that has been adapted for a new disease is now being tested in New York, NBC News reports.

Chicago is playing a role in the search for a treatment of patients with coronavirus. Cook County Health is one of three medical centers in Chicago leading some of the first clinical trials for a possible treatment for COVID-19. The study could determine whether or not a medication called Remdesevir, used to treat Ebola and tested on animals for both…

Cook County Health is one of three medical centers in Chicago leading some of the first clinical trials for a possible treatment for COVID-19. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.