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By Ashley Bowerman | June 26, 2020 at 9:09 PM CDT - Updated June 26 at 10:26 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Most people who get diagnosed with COVID-19 will be able to recover at home. But what is it like for those that end up in the hospital? Montgomery-area pulmonologist Dr. William Saliski said…

Early data from a clinical study suggest that an off-label cancer drug provided clinical benefit to a small group of patients with severe COVID-19.The cancer drug acalabrutinib, which blocks the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) protein and is approved to treat some blood cancers, was associated with reduced respiratory distress and a reduction in the overactive…

14 ReferencesRelated ArticlesAbstract BackgroundAlthough several therapeutic agents have been evaluated for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), none have yet been shown to be efficacious. MethodsWe conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous remdesivir in adults hospitalized with Covid-19 with evidence of lower respiratory tract involvement. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either…

FARGO — Gene Bad Hawk’s battle with the coronavirus began with headaches and fever. Over the ensuing 20 days since his diagnosis he would bounce between motel isolation rooms and hospital beds. Before he entered the hospital the fourth time, on May 5, he called his friends and relatives and asked them to pray for…

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