Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2020
Coronavirus attacks the lungs. A federal agency just halted funding for new lung treatments.
19 June 2020 - The shift, quietly disclosed on a government website, highlights how the Trump administration is favouring development of vaccines over treatments for the sickest patients.
When the coronavirus kills, it attacks the lungs, filling them with fluid and robbing the body of oxygen. In chest X-rays, clear lungs turn white, a sign of how dangerously sick patients are.
But earlier this month, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a federal health agency, abruptly notified companies and researchers that it was halting funding for treatments for this severe form of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
