It wasn’t until after Victor Javier had died that his wife learned he had been treated with the drug Remdesivir. “It was a complete surprise,” said Maricela Javier. “I didn’t know what Remdesivir was.” The couple had gone to Providence Saint John’s Health hospital for help with Victor Javier’s persistent hiccups. Instead, the 54-year-old was…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first COVID-19 drug for children under the age of 12–remdesivir, which has always been a controversial drug. Now, with its use in infants and young children, is the controversy over remdesivir already gone? Previously, the drug was only approved to treat adults and adolescents over the…

Pfizer’s new antiviral pill Paxlovid is receiving high-profile attention – the vice president even took it when she contracted COVID. But a strange phenomenon is being reported by some of its users, raising the question if it, too, should be avoided. Story at-a-glance So far, all of the drugs developed against COVID-19 have been disastrous…

Remdesivir has little effect on hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are on ventilators, according to results from a World Health Organization-backed (WHO) randomized trial and analysis. The results, published in The Lancet (pdf), evaluated 14,221 patients from 454 hospitals in 35 countries, including 8,275 who were randomly assigned to receive up to 10 daily infusions of remdesivir or a…

While it’s true there is some overlap between the effects of poisonous peptides present in some snake venom and those of SARS-COV2 spike protein, claiming COVID is ultimately derived from snake venom is a poorly substantiated hypothesis. In an interview Monday with Stew Peters, Brian Ardis, a doctor of chiropractic, attempted to connect SARS-CoV-2, the…

This costly medication is actually increasing hospital days after the manufacturer said its price was determined based on reducing lengths of stays. Consider these strategies so you may not need it. STORY AT-A-GLANCE One study showed remdesivir lowered hospital days by 30%, yet doctors in Florida are finding that people who take the drug are…

Dr. Anthony Fauci and top officials at the agency he heads scrambled in April 2020 to answer questions about altering the endpoint in a trial testing the antiviral drug called remdesivir, newly obtained emails show. The endpoint was changed in the middle of the trial from measuring the effectiveness against death and various forms of…

In the treatment of COVID-19, ivermectin use is associated with decreased mortality compared to remdesivir use, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Miami retrospectively analyzed a national federated database of adults 18 years old and above with a recorded COVID-19 infection between January 2020…

In the treatment of COVID-19, ivermectin use is associated with decreased mortality compared to remdesivir use, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Miami retrospectively analyzed a national federated database of adults 18 years old and above with a recorded COVID-19 infection between January 2020…

Attorneys around the country report an alarming uptick in calls for help from families of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Some say they’ve talked to family members who were arrested after trying to visit a loved one or to speak with a doctor after communications with the hospital were cut off. Attorneys told The Epoch Times…