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	WHO Endorses Clinical Trials for Herbal Medicines to Treat COVID-19 The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possible treatments for COVID-19 and other epidemics. The organization also endorsed a charter and terms of reference to establish a data and safety …
	A Fast, Cheap Way to See if Two Antibiotics Work Together When a person has a bacterial infection, doctors can prescribe antibiotics to treat it. Some antibiotics are better at treating certain infections that can be readily identified, for example, Ciprofloxacin would be used for a urinary tract infection but not strep throat. But some infections aren’t easy to …
	New Drug Shows Promise in Treating Advanced COVID-19 As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the search for drugs to combat the virus is ongoing. Now, scientists have found that a new drug, known as 4-Phenulbutiric acid (4-PBA), can modulate the body’s inflammatory response to COVID-19 in animals. In the study, the authors note that the inflammatory process …
	New Drug Combo Prolongs Survival with Advanced Kidney Cancer Biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb has found that a new drug combination can reduce death rates among those with advanced kidney cancer. During trials, immunotherapy drug Opdivo and kinase inhibitor Cabometyx were shown to reduce the risk of death by kidney cancer by 40% when compared to Sutent …