Cuban 'wonder drug' being used worldwide: official

[Judi Lynn]

The drug, called Interferon Alpha-2B Recombinant (IFNrec), is jointly developed by scientists from Cuba and China
By DAVE MAKICHUK
MARCH 26, 2020

Despite hefty US sanctions inflicted on it for more than half a century, Cuba has mobilized its medical corps around the world to distribute a new “wonder drug” that officials there say is capable of treating the new coronavirus, Newsweek reported.

The drug, called Interferon Alpha-2B Recombinant (IFNrec), is jointly developed by scientists from Cuba and China, the report said.

Already active in China since January, the Cuban Medical Brigades began deploying to dozens of nations, providing personnel and products such as its new anti-viral drug to battle the disease that has exceeded 400,000 confirmed cases across the globe, the report said.

Cuba first used advanced interferon techniques to treat dengue fever in the 1980s and later found success in using it to combat HIV, human papillomavirus, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and other diseases, the report said.

More:
https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/cuban-wonder-drug-being-used-worldwide-official/

[MyOwnPeace]

1. WOW!

Good thing IQ45 shut down any attempts to develop or improve relations with that dangerous, threatening monster of a country.
Guess we showed them!

Oh, wait?

Didn't PRESIDENT OBAMA attempt to improve relations with Cuba? WTF was he thinking?

[2naSalit]

2. No shit, I feel SO much safer now...

[Louis1895]

3. Available from Merck

https://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/i/intron_a/intron_a_5ml_pi.pdf

[applegrove]

4. There is diseases in Cuban bat caves that sounds like COVID but is bacterial.

Canadian who contracted cave disease in Cuba warns travellers of risk

CTVNews.ca Staff

Published June 28, 2019 6:16 p.m. ET

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/national/canada/2019/6/28/1_4487562.html

"SNIP....


A Newfoundland woman who said she contracted a disease linked to bat droppings during a trip to Cuba is warning other travellers to avoid cave excursions on the island.

Terri Murphy, 34, said she is one of eight Newfoundlanders to come down with cave disease, also known as histoplasmosis, during a trip to Varadero earlier this month. Others are being tested, she said.

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Newfoundland health officials issued a statement Friday afternoon warning international travellers of cave disease.

“Symptoms can include cough and chest pain, shortness of breath, fever and chills, headaches and flu-like illness. If you feel you may have contracted histoplasmosis, please contact your healthcare provider or proceed to the nearest emergency department,” Eastern Health said in a Facebook post.

.....SNIP"