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Officials in Italy are scrambling to contain the COVID-19 outbreak there as cases jump to more than 41K with 3,405 deaths, greater than China's total of 3,249. There were 427 reported fatalities today and 475 yesterday. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences...

The latest tally of confirmed U.S. COVID-19 cases per the CDC is 10,442 (7,038 prior) with 150 deaths (97 prior). On March 16, the totals were 3,774 and 69, respectively. The increases are being partially driven by the availability of testing. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, B...

Notes from today's COVID-19 briefing  from President Trump: More news on: Gilead Sciences, Inc., Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tekla World Healthcare Fund, Healthcare stocks news, News on ETFs, Read more ...

A decades-old drug called chloroquine, used to treat malaria since 1944, may be useful in treating COVID-19 despite different etiologies (malaria is caused by a parasite, COVID-19 by a virus). More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthc...

Aimed at protecting the health and safety of staff and their families amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the FDA has directed  all eligible employees to start teleworking (fancy term for working from home). More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabe...

The U.S. Senate will vote today on a second bill aimed at responding to the COVID-19 outbreak. This interim package, to be followed by a third package costing ~$1T, covers free testing for the respiratory disease and at least two weeks of paid emergency leave for a wide range of Americans ...

The WSJ reports that hospitals across the U.S. are running out of masks, gowns and other protective equipment needed by staff amid COVID-19. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthcare stocks news,...

The latest tally on U.S. COVID-19 cases is 3,774 with 69 deaths, up from ~1,700 cases and 41 deaths on Friday, March 13, and 564 cases and 22 deaths a week ago. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healt...

In a brief speech today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House of Representatives will be passing a bill today, The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, that, she says, focuses support on America's families. Key points: More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health S...

The state of Ohio just announced that all K-12 schools in the state will close effective Monday, March 16, for three weeks in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 there. It is also banning visitations to nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare ...