Duke launches $50M effort to see if drug can prevent COVID-19 among healthcare workers Date Published: April 2, 2020 DURHAM – Duke University’s Clinical Research Institute is launching a study to determine whether the drug hydroxychloroquine can be used…
App developed by Duke students traces contacts of coronavirus patients Date Published: April 1, 2020 DURHAM, N.C. — A team of Duke University students has created an app that they believe could play a role…
NC IDEA launches fund-raising program targeting North Carolina startups Date Published: March 27, 2020 NC IDEA launched a new fundraising program to support entrepreneurial ambition and small businesses amid COVID-19 setbacks. Read more below:…
Duke joins first national effort to test potential COVID-19 therapy Date Published: March 25, 2020 Duke is joining the effort to test a potential COVID-19 therapy and is now using recyclable masks Read more below:…
Durham Tech donates medical supplies to UNC Health, Duke Health to aid in COVID-19 efforts Date Published: March 25, 2020 Durham Tech Community College has donated medical supplies to support hospitals’ endeavors to obtain additional personal protective equipment (PPE) in…
Durham data firm launches system for real-time, remote monitoring of virus symptoms Date Published: March 24, 2020 DURHAM – Worried that your employees or patients may be starting to show some symptoms related to the coronavirus? Durham-based…
Medicago, which has Durham plant, developing vaccine that could smoke out coronavirus Date Published: March 16, 2020 DURHAM – An ancient relative of tobacco, much maligned for the damage it has inflicted on public health, is key…
Medicago Vaccine Could Help Smoke Out Coronavirus Date Published: March 13, 2020 Medicago is using plant-based technology in efforts to create a COVID-19 vaccine Read more below: _____________ An ancient relative of…
Sanitizer May Be Selling Out, But These Distilleries Are Here to Help Date Published: March 13, 2020 While the headlines are full of alarming news about COVID-19 (aka coronavirus), consumers are panic-shopping and causing mass shortages of…