THW News and Press, Tekla World Healthcare Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest From 03/23/20

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...

Aimed at increasing the availability of ventilators and accessories, the FDA has temporarily relaxed its standards enabling medical device makers to more easily make changes to existing products (e.g. changing suppliers or materials without the normal sign-off process). This includes the u...

Considering the high-growth stage of the COVID-19 breakout, here is the latest tally of cases from yesterday: 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 ... ...

Key points from today's briefing from the Coronavirus Task Force: 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 ...

Citing COVID-19-stoked shortages, the FDA has issued guidance related to its oversight of alcohol-based hand sanitizers aimed at boosting supply. More news on: Tekla World Healthcare Fund, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, Healthcare stocks ne...

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...