The researchers reported that Ab8 is "highly effective" in preventing and treating SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice and hamsters.September 15, 2020 at 9:05 am By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — University of Pittsburgh scientists have isolated a biomolecule that “completely and specifically” neutralizes the virus that causes coronavirus. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers…
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have isolated “the smallest biological molecule” that “completely and specifically neutralizes” the virus that causes coronavirus.RECOVERING CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS EXPERIENCING JAW PAIN AS SYMPTOMThe antibody component is 10 times smaller than a full-sized antibody, and has been used to create the drug Ab8, shared in the report…
Authorities in Pittsburgh, Pa., said they were investigating a newly released video that appeared to show protesters confronting outdoor diners in the city’s downtown on Saturday, a report said. FLORIDA PROTESTERS RELEASED FOLLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST EXONERATION OF OFFICERS INVOLVED IN SHOOTING One of the videos that were posted online appeared to show a man holding a megaphone calling…
HARRISBURG — Last week, top officials for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — a $21 billion dollar health-care system with tremendous influence over public health policy — made a headline-grabbing claim about the ongoing rise of coronavirus cases in Allegheny County. In noting the new cases had not led to a major increase in…
Pittsburgh, a sister city to Wuhan, China, saw only modest cases for months. In the last two weeks, cases are suddenly soaring.People gathered at the North Shore Tavern Bar on the North Side of Pittsburgh in late June.Credit...Gene J. Puskar/Associated PressJuly 12, 2020Updated 10:42 a.m. ETPITTSBURGH — A little more than three weeks ago, officials…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…