Month: August 2020

The world’s first clinical trial for a coronavirus drug made from antibodies got off to a promising start in Jerusalem, with all three patients involved released from the hospital days after receiving it. The patients were in moderate condition, with COVID-19-induced pneumonia, when given the drug, manufactured from antibodies found in the plasma of recovered coronavirus patients, earlier this week. “The response was, in my eyes, it was almost a miracle — they received it and they are now home,” said Zeev Rothstein, director of Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, which worked with the biopharmaceutical firm Kamada to develop the drug, and is now running the clinical trial. Get The Start-Up Israel's Daily Start-Up by email and n...

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A massive antibody study in England has found that 3.4 million people, or 6 percent of the country’s population, have contracted the coronavirus. The study of over 100,000 volunteers, which the government billed as the largest survey of its kind, indicated the seriousness of the outbreak varied among demographics and different areas across the country. London, with a population of nearly 9 million people, was hit hardest, with 13 percent of residents having coronavirus antibodies. Less than 3 percent of residents in the South West region of England had the same results. The study found high rates of antibodies among people working in “care homes” (16 percent) and the health care industry (12 percent), while antibody rates for Black people (17 percent) and Asian people (12 perce...

Siblings Jasmine and Josh Obra both tested positive for the coronavirus on the same day. Only one of them survived. The Obra family hide caption toggle caption The Obra family Siblings Jasmine and Josh Obra both tested positive for the coronavirus on the same day. Only one of them survived. The Obra family Jasmine Obra believed that if it wasn't for her brother Joshua, she ...

The approaching flu season threatens to overwhelm doctors and hospitals swamped by Covid-19 patients, sparking intense efforts to get people vaccinated against influenza. Both the new coronavirus and the seasonal flu virus are likely to spread in the fall and winter, and send many more sick patients to doctors’ offices and hospitals already struggling to treat Covid-19 cases, health and industry officials say. To...