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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 …

Australia will keep its borders closed to foreign visitors for at least three more months to prevent the introduction of coronavirus cases into the country. “The international situation at the moment is such that any relaxation of border measures would be very risky,” Australia’s chief medical officer Brendan Murphy told a government inquiry on the country’s …

“General Hospital” star Maurice Benard details his battle with mental illness in his new memoir, recounting a manic episode so severe he believed Michael Jackson was singing about him. The 57-year-old — who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 22 years old — was prescribed lithium, a “wonder drug” he would take on and off, …

“Vanderpump Rules” star Katie Maloney opened up about her dramatic weight loss after getting a wake-up call from her doctor. “I’ve lost a little over 20 pounds. It feels good,” the 33-year-old revealed on her Instagram Story on Sunday. “I thought it was a thyroid thing, so I was going to the doctor and getting …

Emergency Medical Technicians wearing protective gear wheel a sick patient to a waiting ambulance during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in New York City, March 28, 2020. The first known person to die from the coronavirus passed away on February 6 in California, a new discovery that shows the coronavirus was spreading in the U.S. weeks …

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield speaks about the coronavirus in Washington, January 28, 2020. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield on Tuesday warned that coronavirus could strike in a second wave in the fall. “There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter …

Cecily Strong penned an essay about mourning her cousin Owen, who died of brain cancer this year, as well as navigating a new romantic relationship, while in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m in the middle of my two-week quarantine in my tiny apartment in New York. I’ve cried every day,” she wrote in the …

The U.S. coronavirus death toll reached 40,628 by Monday morning as state governors publicly worried they won’t have the amount of tests needed to safely reopen parts of the economy. “The administration, I think, is trying to ramp up testing. They are doing some things with respect to private labs,” Maryland governor Larry Hogan, a …

If New York City hot dog stands could deliver, business would be booming right now. Sales of fermented cabbages like sauerkraut and kimchi have spiked as consumers sought to bolster their immune systems against the deadly virus. Sauerkraut sales surged 960 percent year-over-year in the week of March 29 while overall grocery sales rose just …

Reese Witherspoon has opened up about her struggles with mental health over the years. Speaking on Jameela Jamil‘s  “I Weigh” podcast, the “Big Little Lies” star, 44, confessed to not always having it all together. “I’ve definitely had a lot of not sane moments in my life,” she said laughingly. “I’ve had a lot of …