coronavirus healthcare

COVID & moral distress: 72% of healthcare clinicians suffered, UNC study finds

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Aug 30, 2022

Using data from a survey of more than 2,000 primary care, dental, and behavioral health clinicians who work with low income patients in safety net clinics, UNC School of Medicine’s Donald Pathman found that nearly 72% reported experiencing either mild or intense levels of moral distress during the first year of the pandemic due to limits on what they could do for their patients, witnessing their patients’ struggles and the challenges of their own work situations.

At Clayton plant, Grifols begins phase 3 testing for COVID-19 treatment

Posted by WRAL News | Oct 12, 2020

Since April, Grifols has been collecting blood plasma donated by healthy people who have recovered from COVID-19. The therapy contains a high and consistent concentration of purified neutralizing antibodies.

LabCorp gets ’emergency use’ OK for its revamped COVID-19 test

Posted by WRAL News | Oct 6, 2020

The test uses heat and technology instead of chemical reagents to extract RNA from samples collected for COVID-19 molecular testing. The advancement will improve the speed and efficiency of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, considered the gold standard for detecting active infections.

NC startup secures FDA authorization for ‘low cost’ ventilator, brings NASCAR teams onboard

Posted by WRAL News | Jun 10, 2020

The startup also has some unlikely partners: the world of motor sports. Through BMI’s relationship with Industrial Hard Carbon (IHC), it is collaborating with Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions, a division of Roush Yates Engines and NASCAR racing teams Joe Gibbs Racing, to build components for the ventilator.

Durham-based IQVIA to manage clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine vs. COVID-19

Posted by WRAL News | May 22, 2020

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, a leading biomedical research organization in Australia, selected IQVIA to manage the Phase 2/3 trials.

Raleigh’s RedHill Biopharma approved for US COVID-19 study

Posted by WRAL News | May 8, 2020

The Israeli specialty biopharmaceutical company, which has its U.S. commercial headquarters in Raleigh, will conduct a Phase 2a clinical study of opaganib.

Grifols begins accepting plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 4, 2020

Grifols is now accepting plasma from volunteer donors who have recovered from the COVID-19 virus at its Raleigh area locations.

All hands on deck: COVID-19 engineering response team assembles from every corner at Duke

Posted by WRAL News | May 4, 2020

Through strong networks connecting students, faculty and staff across Duke University and Duke Health, a dedicated team has mobilized to engineer solutions to problems created by the pandemic

LabCorp COVID-19 antibody tests available nationwide with no upfront costs

Posted by WRAL News | Apr 28, 2020

Locations include nearly 2,000 LabCorp patient service centers including more than 100 LabCorp at Walgreens locations, and thousands of physicians’ offices.

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