Covid-19: U.S. Vaccination Pace Increases to 2 Million Doses a Day
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Connecticut has joined Texas and Mississippi in easing restrictions, while Alabama extended its mask mandate. Italy blocked a vaccine shipment to Australia.
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People line up early at the Jacob Javits Convention Center Covid-19 vaccination hub on March 4, 2021.Credit.Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A month ago, the average was about 1.3 million.
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Northwell Health and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory open virtual COVID-19 clinical trial for non-hospitalized patients
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An outpatient, digital, randomized clinical trial will look at the safety and efficacy of famotidine (PEPCID) to treat mild to moderate Covid-19
MANHASSET, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) are recruiting patients in a fully virtual, in-home, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of famotidine, or PEPCID, for the outpatient treatment of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults. Sold over-the-counter as PEPCID, famotidine is a histamine 2 blocker used to decrease stomach acid and this clinical trial will assess its use as a COVID-19 therapy.