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An antiviral drug seen as a potentially promising treatment for the new coronavirus reportedly failed to help patients in a Chinese study. The clinical trial found that remdesivir — the Gilead Sciences medicine developed to treat Ebola — didn’t help COVID-19 patients recover faster or prevent them from dying, according to news reports. Results from …

“Straight Outta Compton” star Jason Mitchell was arrested in Mississippi this week on gun and drug possession charges. Page Six confirmed Thursday that the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office arrested and booked Mitchell on Wednesday on four felony charges: possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (marijuana), two counts of possession of a weapon …

The unofficial holiday celebrating all things marijuana is Monday, but the coronavirus pandemic has made the special day a time of melancholy. It was supposed to be a long weekend of festivals and music culminating on April 20, or 4/20, the code for marijuana’s high holiday. Instead, it has been reduced to an online replica because of stay-at-home orders …

A controversial drug heralded by some as a coronavirus cure comes with symptoms of its own, Rita Wilson says. The actress, 63, says she was given chloroquine after she and husband Tom Hanks tested positive for COVID-19 while in Australia last month. The malaria treatment may or may not have helped her beat the virus, …

Drugmaker Pfizer said Thursday that it is working on a promising treatment for coronavirus, as well as vaccine. The drugmaker said preclinical studies showed that an unspecified compound that was originally used to treat SARS — a different coronavirus — has shown potential in battling the dangerous illness. Pfizer research chief Mikael Dolsten said the …

The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit. When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, an experimental drug …

US health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining that a contamination issue with the medications poses a greater risk than previously thought. The move from the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday applies to all prescription and over-the-counter versions of ranitidine, best known by the brand …

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday announced charges against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and senior members of his government. The Justice Department has charged Maduro and other officials with drug trafficking and offered a $15 million reward …