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Forsyth County seeks public input for opioid funds

4:22pm July 27, 2022

by Keri Brown

Local governments across North Carolina are starting to see the first payments from a national multi-billion dollar

Boxes containing vials of remdesivir at a pharmaceutical company in Giza, Egypt.

WHO Trial Finds Remdesivir Has 'No Meaningful Effect' In COVID-19 Patients

3:14pm November 20, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

The medicine is one of the few to win regulatory approval as a treatment for the disease, but has fallen out of favor with the health authority.

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized two malaria — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — to be added to the national emergency stockpile for use in responding to COVID-19.

FDA OK's Addition To Stockpile Of Malaria Drugs For COVID-19

4:53pm March 30, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

Chloroquine and hydroxycloroquine got the Food and Drug Administration's go-ahead to be put in the nation's strategic storehouses. But the drugs haven't been approved to treat coronavirus patients.

Medical workers in protective suits tend to coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Wuhan, China.

There's No Specific Drug That Kills Coronavirus. But Doctors Have Ways To Treat It

6:45pm February 11, 2020

by Richard Harris

They're testing some drugs developed for other diseases. And they're offering supportive care — doing whatever's possible to keep vital organ systems functioning.

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Wake Forest Baptist Researchers Receive $8-Million Grant To Study Alcohol Addiction

5:00am January 16, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has received $8 million to study alcohol addiction.

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Physical therapy as well as cognitive therapy are part of a promising approach to managing chronic pain without drugs.

Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

11:11am August 29, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

Learning strategies to deal with chronic pain can be an effective way to stay off addictive medicines, says the head of the Mayo Clinic's pain rehab center. But insurance doesn't always cover it.