A split-second decision by a Twin Cities nurse helped to save a baby’s life. Nancy Harlow-Barnum, a pediatric home care nurse, was caring for a 1-year-old girl in Minneapolis who’d had a tracheostomy, or breathing tube, since birth. Harlow-Barnum said one night she heard the baby cough in her sleep. “Then her alarm went off, […]

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday granted NeuroRx and partner Relief Therapeutics an expanded access protocol for their experimental treatment of respiratory failure in Covid-19 patients. The action means Covid-19 patients who are not eligible to enroll in the ongoing phase-II/III clinical trials for the therapy because of other medical conditions can still get access to […]

Biopharma companies that are focused on cell therapies have reported promising clinical trial results in their ability to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a condition that has shown to be a significant contributor to higher mortality in COVID-19 cases. In an Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) webinar on the topic, Michael Lehmicke, director, science […]