Front-line NHS staff should be given an extra £29-a-day reward for their service during the coronavirus pandemic, the Lib Dems have said. Health and care staff could receive a financial bonus like that given to military personnel on active duty, the party suggested. Acting leader Sir Ed Davey said Downing Street should consider creating a… Read More »
Dive Brief: The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved the first round of funding for hospitals and health systems to provide telehealth in areas hit hardest by the novel coronavirus. Six providers received more than $ 3.2 million from the $ 200 million fund set aside for telehealth by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic… Read More »
The government does not expect to make changes to coronavirus lockdown restrictions this week, Dominic Raab has said. The foreign secretary said the UK’s plan “is working” but that “we are still not past the peak of this virus”. “Keep this up, we have come too far, lost too many loved ones and sacrificed too… Read More »
Takeda has formed a multinational alliance to work on an unbranded hyperimmune globulin therapy for COVID-19. China’s Qiming Venture Partners, which previously backed CanSino Bio and Zai Lab, has set up another venture fund. Following some encouraging early evidence and the initiation of a Japanese study, Fujifilm will test influenza med Avigan in a U.S.… Read More »