GRX News and Press, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Trust of Beneficial Interest From 04/04/20

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is warning that the state is still not ready to handle the peak number COVID-19 cases, expected in the next seven days or so. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthc...

Addressing the "urgent and immediate need" for donated blood during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA has issued new guidance relaxing its recommendations for acceptable donations. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Welln...

In a note, UBS regards the republished results from one of the first randomized trials evaluating malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in COVID-19 patients as "inconclusive." More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Well...

The FDA announces its Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program that, it says, leverages every tool at its disposal (e.g., cutting red tape, redeploying staff) to speed up the development of therapies to treat COVID-19 infection. Key points: More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, Bl...

Author's note : This article was released to members on March 24, 2020, and includes a rare reposting of our weekly commentary and actionable ideas. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund se...

Per Johns Hopkins Case Tracker , U.S. COVID-19 cases are now 165,874 (+17,785 prior) with 3,178 (+579) deaths. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthcare stocks news, News on ETFs, Read more .....

The latest tally of COVID-19 cases and the changes since Friday, March 27, according to Johns Hopkins Case Tracker : More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthcare stocks news, News on ETFs, Read m...

FDA has approved the first use of donated plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient to treat a critically ill patient who is hospitalized at Houston Methodist. Recruitment in New York should start in the next few days for plasma donations. More news on: Todos Medical Ltd., Tekla World Hea...

Aimed at boosting the supply of ventilators to meet COVID-19 demand, the FDA has issued a new Emergency Use Authorization allowing the emergency use (in healthcare settings) of certain ventilators, anesthesia gas machines modified for use as ventilators and positive pressure breathing devi...

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 ...