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Print By the time he tested positive for a coronavirus infection, Gary Herritz was feeling pretty sick. His scratchy throat had progressed to a dry cough, headache, joint pain and fever. A liver transplant recipient, he knew his compromised immune system made him vulnerable to a severe case of COVID-19. Herritz had read on Twitter about monoclonal antibody therapy, the type of treatment famously touted by Donald Trump after his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The Food and Drug Administration authorized its emergency use to keep high-risk COVID-19 patients out of th...

. (Tribune News Service) — By the time he tested positive for a coronavirus infection, Gary Herritz was feeling pretty sick. His scratchy throat had progressed to a dry cough, headache, joint pain and fever. A liver transplant recipient, he knew his compromised immune system made him vulnerable to a severe case of COVID-19. Herritz had read on Twitter about monoclonal antibody therapy, the type of treatment famously touted by Donald Trump after his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The Food and Drug Administration authorized its emergency use to keep high-r...

Trump issues commendations to Operation Warp Speed members, including Fauci, Birx By Catherine Park Gen. Lloyd Austin says COVID-19 is the greatest threat America faces today Addressing the Senate Armed Services Committee, Austin, who served 41 years in the Army, vowed to surround himself with qualified civilians and include them in policy decisions. WASHINGTON - On his last day in office, President Donald Trump issued commendations to a number people for their contributions to Operation Warp Speed, a White House effort to distribute 300 million doses of a viable COVID-19 vaccine by January 2...

By the time he tested positive for covid-19 on Jan. 12, Gary Herritz was feeling pretty sick. He suspects he was infected a week earlier, during a medical appointment in which he saw health workers who were wearing masks beneath their noses or who had removed them entirely.

First published on With two highly effective coronavirus vaccines now being distributed across the country, the U.S. government’s announcement Thursday to set aside $2.6 billion for purchasing an antibody drug for COVID-19 may have raised a few eyebrows.  After all, the two currently authorized antibody drugs, from Regeneron and Eli Lilly, have not been widely used since the Food and Drug Administration cleared both in November. And the logistical issues that have hindered their launch haven’t been solved, either.  But Operation Warp Speed officials, including top FDA drug evaluator Jan...