GRX News and Press, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Trust of Beneficial Interest From 03/27/20

UBS reports that one of the creators of the oft-cited Imperial College London coronavirus model has significantly revised the estimated 2020 death toll in the UK, now 20K from 500K, as more data are collected. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The ...

According to John Hopkins Case Tracker , U.S. COVID-19 cases now total 86,012, up 4,230 from yesterday. Fatalities are 1,301 (+255), influenced by the proliferation of testing and more timely and reliable reporting. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trus...

Per Johns Hopkins Case Tracker , worldwide COVID-19 cases are 492,603, up 24% from two days ago. Leaders (all increases compared to March 24: More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthcare stocks news,...

In a note, UBS reports that India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade has instituted a moratorium on the export of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug in high demand for the treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients, although the fulfillment of orders placed before the ban will be allowe...

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Results from a study led by UnitedHealth Group Research & Development and OptumCare showed that COVID-19 tests performed on specimens collected by patients themselves, rather than healthcare professionals, are on par with the current approach. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fu...

The latest tally of global COVID-19 cases ( Johns Hopkins Case Tracker ) is 398,107 (+36K from yesterday) with 17,454 death (+1,959). Leaders: More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthcare stocks news,...

COVID-19 infections are apparently spiking in New York, now representing a "troubling and astronomical" number of cases according to Governor Andrew Cuomo who adds, "We're not slowing it and it is accelerating on its own." More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Scien...

Starting tomorrow, March 24, the State of New of New York will begin treating COVID-19 sufferers with the combination of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wel...

Citing the shortages of laboratory reagents and supplies, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) are recommending that the following three groups be prio...