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NeuroRx Announces ZYESAMI™ (aviptadil, RLF-100) Met the Primary Endpoint of Its Phase 2b/3 Clinical Trial and Also Demonstrated a Meaningful Benefit in Survival from Critical COVID-19 RADNOR, Pa., March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroRx, Inc. today reports 60-day results of the Phase 2b/3 trial of intravenously-administered ZYESAMI™ (aviptadil acetate) for the treatment of respiratory failure in critically-ill patients with COVID-19, which is being developed in collaboration with Relief Therapeutics Holding AG (SIX:RLF,OTCQB:RLFTF). Across all patients and sites, ZYESAMI™ met the primary endpoint for successful recovery from respiratory failure at days 28 (P = .014) and 60 (P = .013) and...

Back at school | Pandemic continues, but life goes on at Wenatchee and Eastmont highsAs students have returned to high school, they have had to adapt to changes to continue their activities. Wenatchee High School sophomore Alison Chamberlain and the rest of the band practice in small COVID-19 enclosures around the school's auditorium on Tuesday. Half of the band practices at a time. Juan Cruz fits into a small enclosure with his sousaphone during band practice at Wenatchee High School Tuesday.

CDC ADMITS — We counted 51,000 heart attacks as Covid deathsOAN's video on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x-biB_JrcU

Regeneron Halts Enrollment of Critically Ill Patients in COVID-19 Antibody TrialRegeneron Pharmaceuticals has decided to halt enrollment of very sick patients with COVID-19 in its trial studying antibody cocktail REGN-COV2... The decision to halt critically ill patients was made in response to Regeneron’s independent safety board finding a potential safety signal and an unfavorable risk-benefit profile of the monoclonal antibody therapy in a subgroup of patients requiring high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation. These patients are generally sicker and hospitalized because they are in the advanced stages of the disease. The Tarrytown, N.Y.-based pharmaceutical company says it is blinded to the...

Chinese Communist and Close Democrat Ally Advised NC Governor to Extract Blood From RNC AttendeesA key ally and appointee of North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, with close ties to Communist Chinese officials and influence groups, advised the Governor to extract blood from all 50,000 of the 2020 RNC’s planned attendees before allowing President Trump’s nomination to take place in Charlotte. his astonishing revelation was recently disclosed to National File in a copy of a letter written by John “Gaorong” Wei (who also goes by the name of Lao Wei) addressed to Governor Cooper and North Carolina DHHS head Mandy Cohen....

New Drug Promises “Rapid Recovery From Respiratory Failure”“Overall, 81% of RLF-100™-treated patients survived beyond 60 days, compared to 17% of control patients.” Oct 13, 2020 GENEVA and RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holding AG and NeuroRx, Inc., today announced topline results from 45 patients assessed in an open-label prospective study where 21 patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with critical COVID-19 and respiratory failure were treated with RLF-100™(aviptadil) and compared to 24 control patients treated in the same setting. All patients had severe comorbidities that rendered them ineligible for the ongoing randomized controlled phase...

President Trump experiencing "mild symptoms" after he and first lady test positive for COVID-19President Donald Trump is experiencing “mild symptoms” of COVID-19 after revealing Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.

CDC publishes new survival rates for Covid… MSM Goes Silent The US govt last week updated the survival rates (i.e., IF infected) for Covid19: 0-19 99.997%20-49 99.98%50-69 99.5%70+ 94.6% Didn't see it reported much.https://t.co/miFbqyb9pM— Adam Creighton (@Adam_Creighton) September 23, 2020 CDC link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

Whistleblower Dr. Yan Releases Report Suggesting Coronavirus Was ‘Lab Modified’Dr. Li Meng Yan – The whistleblower who left hong kong to tell the world about the chinese communist party’s virus and its true origins – has now published a full report including protein sequencing which she claims shows evidence of lab-modification, rather than a natural cause of the virus. The report opens by stating the common perception that the virus is natural “lacks substantial support” from a scientific perspective. Dr. Yan appeared on The National Pulse show with Raheem Kassam last week to discuss the publication of the report. It...

TEXAS COUNTY DROPS FROM 4600+ ACTIVE COVID CASES TO UNDER 100 AFTER AUDIT Doubting the accuracy of State of Texas Covid-19 numbers, Collin Co., Texas, dropped its active case numbers from over 4600 to under 100 overnight after an audit. Earlier this month, Collin Co.’s ‘Covid-19 Dashboard’ claimed over 4600 active cases in the county based on data provided by the Texas Dept. of State Health Services, prompting county officials to question the accuracy of the data because, presumably, the county’s hospitals weren’t overloaded. The DSHS data reported over 4600 active cases in Collin Co. on Aug. 25 Compare that...

F.D.A.’s Emergency Approval of Blood Plasma Is Now on HoldGovernment health leaders including Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci urged caution last week, citing weak data from the country’s largest plasma study. WASHINGTON — Last week, just as the Food and Drug Administration was preparing to issue an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a Covid-19 treatment, a group of top federal health officials including Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci intervened, arguing that emerging data on the treatment was too weak, according to two senior administration officials. The authorization is on hold for...

UN-Linked Biotech Expert Claims COVID-19 Is Man-Made Bioweapon From Chinese Military Lab The explosive charges come from Tritto’s new book, China COVID 19: The Chimera That Changed The World. Published in Italian, the nearly 300-page book contends that China conducted bioengineering experiments with financial and personnel assistance from France and the U.S. While the collaboration sought to develop vaccines against diseases such as SARS, it morphed into more dangerous research under the auspices of the Chinese military. Specifically, Tritto alleges that the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s P4 lab used “reverse genetics” – a process whereby scientists alter disease pathogens –...

FDA Lets NeuroRx, Relief Therapeutics Test RLF-100 in COVID-19 PatientsZURICH — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted NeuroRx Inc Investigational New Drug (IND) permission to test RLF-100 (aviptadil) for inhaled use in patients with moderate and severe COVID-19 to prevent progression to respiratory failure, it and partner Relief Therapeutics Holdings said on Thursday. ... They said aviptadil is shown as the first COVID therapeutic to block replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in human lung cells and monocytes while also preventing synthesis of cytokines in the lung. ... has been granted FDA fast track designation, FDA emergency use IND...

NeuroRx and Relief Therapeutics Announce Fast Track Designation Granted by the FDA to RLF-100 (Aviptadil) for the Treatment of Respiratory Distress in COVID-19 Fast Track Designation of RLF-100 for the treatment of Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome associated with COVID-19 underscores the urgent need for new treatment options for these patients. At FDA's request, NeuroRx is submitting an expanded access policy enabling physicians to request RLF-100 for patients who meet this criterion. June 24, 2020 01:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time RADNOR, Pa. & GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NeuroRx, Inc. (OTC:RLFTF), in partnership with RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holding AG (SIX:RLF) “Relief” today announced that...

CDC warns Congress of ‘significant public health consequences’ if schools don’t reopen in the fall Millions of children get nutritional and mental health services at schools, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told a House Select Subcommittee hearing on containing the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s important to realize that it’s in the public health’s best interest for K-12 students to get back into face-to-face learning,” he said. Redfield said he wants school reopenings to be done “smartly.” The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Congress on Friday of “significant public health consequences” if schools don’t reopen in the...

Northwell Health probing whether ventilators caused coronavirus deaths New York’s largest hospital system is conducting a sweeping analysis of its use of ventilators while treating coronavirus patients during the peak of the pandemic — over concerns that an over-reliance on the machines may have cost lives. For so many sick COVID-19 patients, getting attached to a mechanical ventilator was a death sentence. More than two-thirds of the patients in Northwell Health facilities hooked to ventilators died in March and early April and the fatality rate was similar at other hospitals. At the beginning of the pandemic, health officials were worried...

Sounds promising, additional info on the the big news from earlier today. This article was posted over a week ago:Sorrento And Mount Sinai Health System To Jointly Develop COVI-SHIELD™ Antibody Therapy Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)May 08, 2020, 09:20 ETSorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, "Sorrento") and Mount Sinai Health System ("Mount Sinai") have agreed to join forces in the investigation and development of an antibody cocktail (COVI-SHIELD™) to potentially treat COVID-19. … Antibody cocktail therapy establishes a high barrier to development of treatment resistance while providing a protective therapy for the population at large. If approved, it is anticipated that COVI-SHIELD...

Is a common heartburn drug a treatment for the COVID-19 virus? A common heartburn drug being tested by a group of New York hospitals may show promise in treating the COVID-19 virus, according to a story from ABC News. The hospitals, which have only just made the study public, have been testing the effectiveness of famotidine, the active ingredient in over-the-counter heartburn medications like Pepcid. Hospitals in the Northwell Health network in the New York City area have been using large doses of famotidine in IV form to treat patients critically ill with the COVID-19 virus. The 187 patients in...

Gilead antiviral drug remdesivir flops in first trial Exclusive: Disappointing results revealed in draft documents published accidentally by WHO

Report – Kim Jung Un caught coronavirus from Chinese surgeon Update late last night from Jack Posobiec — Multiple US officials tell OANN that Kim Jong Un caught COVID19 from a Chinese doctor flown in to help with his heart valve surgery. He appears to be in stable condition for now.