CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – University Hospitals and Athersys, a Cleveland based biotech company, have announced the start of the Macovia study, a clinical trial that will test the effectiveness of cell therapy for COVID-19 patients suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) which is the leading cause of death for COVID-19 patients. ARDS is a […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A looming fiscal crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has some of Northeast Ohio’s movers and thinkers again talking, some publicly, about building a regional government from among those communities that survive the fallout. One of them is advocating for the consolidation of the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County into […]

A company developing a drug derived from the blood thinner heparin for a form of leukemia is planning to test it in patients with Covid-19 due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting properties. Durham, North Carolina-based Chimerix said Wednesday that it would initiate a Phase II/III trial of dociparstat sodium, or DSTAT, in Covid-19 patients with acute lung […]