Dan Nowacki needs around-the-clock care after suffering two strokes, one happening days after he was administered doses of remdesivir for COVID-19 at St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital in Nov. 2021, according to his attorneys.

There may soon be another weapon in the battle against COVID-19.

If I was hospitalized with COVID and received Remdesivir, can I still receive the vaccine? If I get injection number one but the second shot is delayed, what happens? It’s recommended you get the second shot within four days of the date it’s due -- 21 days after the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and 28 days after the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. It’s possible that a delayed second dose may be just as effective, we just don’t know for sure. My second shot is due the day I leave for Florida for six days, is it better to get the second dose before I travel or is it OK to wait till I get back?”Ideally, you should get your second shot on the day it is due.

There were 1,225 new confirmed COVID-19 cases increasing the state total to 60,873. ___WASHINGTON -- Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech will seek emergency government approval for their coronavirus vaccine, as the U.S. aims to begin administering doses by the end of the year. ___LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Kentucky reported a new daily record of 3,649 coronavirus cases Thursday amid warnings by Gov. He and public health experts are warily watching the number of patients hospitalized with the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus. ___WASHINGTON — Infection disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says he “wants to settle” concerns about a coronavirus vaccine as he returns to the White House podium for the first time in months.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization. It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now has become the first drug to win full U.S. approval for treating COVID-19. The FDA previously issued an emergency use authorization for the drug in May for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe infections. In August, the FDA reduced restrictions of drug usage, allowing COVID-19 patients without severe infections to be treated with the drug. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

DETROIT – While much of the attention is focused on efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine, there is also an intense effort underway to find more effective treatments. The fastest path to finding better treatments is looking at drugs that are already approved for different conditions. Oct. 21, 2020: Michigan coronavirus cases up to 150,989; Death toll now at 7,086A new study by the National Institutes of Health reviewed over 130 drugs and selected three to test in hospitalized patients battling COVID-19. NIH director Francis Collins said the new study will focus on drugs to help calm down an overreacting immune system. All of the patients enrolled in the clinical trial will also receive Remdesivir, which is now standard in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

We can’t take another hit.”___MIAMI - Florida has reported a slight uptick in daily confirmed COVID-19 cases, adding 3,449 to its total caseload on Friday. There were 3,861 new coronavirus cases reported in Wisconsin on Friday, breaking the previous record set just a day earlier of 3,747. The report, released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looks at coronavirus-associated deaths reported between May 1 and August 31. The deaths reported Friday include 10 women and eight men, all in their 60s or older. With 222 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, Spain’s total has reached 33,775.

Indias total coronavirus positive cases near 7 million with another 73,272 infections reported in the past 24 hours. The Health Ministry on Saturday put the total positive caseload at 6.97 million, second to 7.66 million infections registered in the worst-hit United States. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)NEW DELHI – India’s confirmed coronavirus cases are nearing 7 million with another 73,272 reported in the past 24 hours. India is seeing a slower pace of coronavirus spread since mid-September, when the daily infections touched a record of 97,894 cases. “We have to work aggressively to make sure that during winter months and during the festive season coronavirus cases don’t rise dramatically,” said Dr. Randeep Guleria, a government health expert.

DETROIT – Since being diagnosed, President Donald Trump has received a number of different therapies aimed at his COVID-19 infection. The three most notable treatments that the president has received are Regeneron’s Monoclonal Antibody cocktail, Gilead’s Remdesivir, and the steroid Dexmethasone. READ: Trump, moving to show strength, aims for Monday releaseOn Friday, Trump received an infusion of the Regeneron’s mix of two antibodies. Remdesivir works by blocking the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to make copies of itself once it’s infected a human cell. READ: Trump court nomination hangs over Senate shuttered by virusThe third medication Trump was given is the steroid Dexamethasone.

BANGKOK – The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drug U.S. President Trump said he is taking — from its global study into experimental COVID-19 treatments. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there would be a “temporary pause" on the hydroxychloroquine arm of its global clinical trial. The announcement came after a paper in the Lancet showed that people taking the drug were at higher risk of death and heart problems. Still, several countries in Europe and North Africa are using chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients. Other treatments in the WHO study, including the experimental drug remdesivir and an HIV combination therapy, are still being pursued.

DETROIT – There are two drugs at the center of the battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19): hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir. Here’s what we know about the research into both. Remdesivir shipmentThere’s also an update on the distribution of remdesivir to patients in the state of Michigan. On Saturday, state officials received 1,600 vials of the drug from the United States supply, enough for about 145 critically ill patients. The state is prioritizing distribution to communities with the highest death rates and most patients with COVID-19 on ventilators.

What we know about 2 drugs at center of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine researchPublished: May 14, 2020, 4:09 pmThere are two drugs at the center of the battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19): hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir. Here’s what we know about the research into both.