Month: August 2019

Month: August 2019

How Red Meat Increases Risk of Breast Cancer

A recent study published in the International Journal of Cancer revealed that consumption of red meat might increase the risk of breast cancer. Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the US have reported that …

WHO approves two highly effective Ebola drugs for immediate use



Two of four Ebola treatment drugs have been determined “more effective” than the others and will be the only ones used on patients going forward, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.
WHO announced in a statement that two of the four Ebola treatment drugs were determined more effective in treating patients than others in a trial which began as part of the emergency response in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Nov. 20, 2018. The trial was called the Pamoja Tulinde Maisha study. ZMapp, remdesivir, mAb114 and REGN-EB3 were the four drugs used in the trials.
During trials, REGN-EB3 and mAb114 were determined to be more effective in treating Ebola than the other two, and will be the only two used going forward, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced in a statement.
As part of an emergency response team in the Congo, the “Together Save Lives” trial was done with a collaboration of organisations, including the Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research, the Ministry of Health, the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Alliance for International Medical Action and other organizations.
Although the final analysis of data will be completed in late September or early October of this year, the NIAID said the effectiveness of REGN-EB3 and mAb114 was “compelling enough to recommend and implement” the changes immediately.
The other two treatments, ZMapp, and remdesivir, will no longer be used.
Some 681 patients were enrolled in the trial as of August 9, 2019, with a total aim of 725 patients, the NIAID said. The new experimental treatments are both cocktails of monoclonal antibodies that are infused intravenously into the blood, the New York Times reported.