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Arthritis drug may improve coronavirus patients - but experts warn effects are far from proven

A new study from San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, found that 72% of 29 coronavirus patients given anakinra, an arthritis drug, had improved respiratory health and markers of inflammation.




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ECB to clamp down on drug offenders with plans for significant increases in fines and bans

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The ECB are considering significant increases in fines and bans for players caught taking recreational drugs this summer in the light of Alex Hales' failed test.




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REVEALED: Marco Rubio's brother-in-law was the 'front man for an international drug-smuggling ring led by leopard-loving cocaine cowboy kingpin whose mansion was filled with big cats and a giraffe'

Orlando Cicilia was arrested for his part in the illicit operation in 1987 during Miami's narcotics heyday when Republican presidential hopeful Rubio was just 16.




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How Marco Rubio helped his drug-dealing brother-in-law get a real estate licence

While serving in the Florida House of Representatives in 2002, Rubio wrote to regulators on statehouse stationary recommending brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia for a real estate licence.




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Australians urged NOT to use anti-malaria drug which Donald Trump described as cure against COVID-19

More than 6,000 tablets of hydroxychloroquine have been seized by the Australian Border Force since January.




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European drug regulators approve world's first Ebola vaccine after its 'success' in Congo

The so-called Merck vaccine was approved his afternoon and is likely to get a full marketing licence from the European Commission within a few weeks.




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Coronavirus Italy: Man, 79, recovers after taking Ebola drug

The elderly man was given the drug remdesivir after being hospitalised on March 7 and has now recovered and been allowed to go home. The drug has also shown good results in the US.




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European coronavirus mega-trial will test four experimental drugs

The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg.




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Anti-Ebola drug shows early signs it may be effective in fighting Covid-19 

More than half of a group of severely ill COVID-19 patients improved after receiving Gilead's experimental drug remdesivir, doctors reported.




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Coronavirus: Antiviral drug remdesivir performs well in trials

Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday that more than half of the 397 severely ill coronavirus patients it treated with the antiviral Ebola drug Remdesivir were discharged from hospitals.




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Japan's PM pushes country's Avigan drug as treatment for coronavirus despite no evidence it works

Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted the drug approved for use against COVID-19 by the end of the month despite conceding it had side effects which caused birth defects.




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Oscar Pistorius' cell mate's Playboy girlfriend planned £12m plot to free drug dealer

A playboy pin-up will today appear in court over her role in a daring £12m jail break for Oscar Pistorius’ prison mate in a plot worthy of a Hollywood script.




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Luxury yacht intercepted near Sydney by Border Force containing commercial quantities of drugs 

The $250,000 vessel was intercepted by New South Wales Police in waters off Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney, at 4.30am on Saturday.




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Drugs and rent boy shame ex-MP Keith Vaz returns to play role in the Labour leadership battle

The 63-year-old attended today's meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), which is due to decide on the rules and format of the battle to replace Jeremy Corbyn.




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Military failed drug OD Royal Marine after PTSD was missed for 2 years

Tragic David O'Sullivan, 25, from Abbey Hulton in Staffordshire, was finally diagnosed with PTSD just three days before he collapsed and died from a drugs overdose while on leave in 2012.




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New drug could be a 'functional cure' for HIV, study says

Scientists at Scripps Research Institute in Florida have developed a new therapy that they say may one day be a 'functional cure' for HIV, if it proves as effective in humans as it has in mice.




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Up to 11% of HIV sufferers don't respond to AIDS drugs

Researchers from University College London found people who have previously taken drugs that block virus reproduction are more likely to carry mutations for drug resistance.




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DC DOH launches racy new ad for HIV prevention drug PrEP

The DC Department of Health released a new commercial in December to promote the HIV prevention drug PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis), which stops the spread of the virus.




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Grocery chain denies HIV prevention drugs to employees 

Publix has many stores in four of the top 10 cities in the US for new annual HIV diagnoses, but the Southern grocer is refusing to cover PrEP and failing to give a clear explanation for the decision.




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HIV vaccine is in sight after 'promising' drug tests  

A HIV vaccine is in sight after a team of scientists from the likes of Harvard and MIT tested a new drug that stopped two thirds of monkeys getting infected and boosted immune system of 400 adults.




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First HIV immunotherapy drug proves safe in phase 1 trial

The phase 1 trial is an early but significant milestone for the team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which won a $20 million grant to make their ideas a reality.




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Kylie Jenner gets caught using beloved drugstore sunscreen brand instead of her $32 luxury SPF

Kylie Jenner's swanky Kylie Skin brand sells a $32 sunscreen oil. But the cosmetics CEO traded her spendy SPF for a more wallet-friendly drugstore option during her recent vacation to Palm Springs.




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Toddler is diagnosed with first ever case of drug-resistant typhoid after trip to Pakistan

The 20-month-old girl was admitted to the Children's Hospital at Westmead, in western Sydney after a three month trip to Pakistan.




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Arizona border sheriff says Mexican drug cartels pose ISIS-like threat

An Arizona border sheriff says Mexican drug cartels like the one behind the Mormon family massacre pose an ISIS-like threat as authorities fear the same group could be running drug operations in Utah.




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'Drug dealer' admits to helping bury friend's body in bushland but accuses ISIS fighter for death

Roberto Vincenzo Boscaino says the person responsible for Samuel Thompson's death north of Brisbane is his co-accused Ashley Dyball, a one-time anti-Islamic State fighter in Syria.




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Judge denies Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo's request for better prison conditions

Judge Brian Cogan ruled Monday that the detention conditions at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan are necessary given Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's history of jailbreaks in Mexico.




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Drug lord El Chapo 'tortured a rival until he fell unconscious'

The shocking event allegedly occurred in 2010, but has only now been made public in newly released court documents.




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Female financial mastermind behind El Chapo's cartel pleads guilty to drug trafficking

Guadalupe Fernández Valencia, 59, entered the two guilty pleas in a Chicago courtroom on Wednesday - almost two years after she was extradited to the United States from Mexico.




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El Chapo-branded heroin seized alongside 'Yankees'-stamped drugs in New York City $5million bust

El Chapo is locked up for life but his legend remains alive after three men in New York City were arrested with the drug lord's likeness branded on heroin packages worth $5million.




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Mexico's rival drug gangs battle it out over El Chapo's lucrative tunnels

In February, Guzman, 62, was found guilty of trafficking $12 billion worth of cocaine, heroin and marijuana during his reign as the Don of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, beginning in the late 1980s.




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Glamorous drug cartel 'assassin' known as the 'Empress of Anthrax' is found dead

Claudia Ochoa Felix, 35, was found dead in a house in Isla Musala in the city of Culiacan, north-west Mexico. The model had consistently denied involvement with drug gangs in the country.




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El Chapo cartel 'assassin' Empress of Anthrax died from a drug overdose and was NOT killed in a hit'

Claudia Ochoa Félix ,who allegedly led a gang tied to El Chapo's old Sinaloa Cartel, was not murdered and instead died of a drug overdose in Mexico last weekend.




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The new 'El Chapo': DEA offers $10million reward for information on powerful drug lord 'El Mencho'

While El Chapo spends the rest of his life in jail, the DEA has shifted its focus to a rival they say is their new No. 1 priority, Nemesio Osegura Cervantes, also known as El Mencho.




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US prosecutor says Honduran president took fortune in drug bribes

The accusations were made at the opening of President Hernandez's brothers' trial on Wednesday afternoon by US prosecutor Jason Richman.




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Six houses seized from drug kingpin El Chapo go up for auction

The Mexican government will be holding an auction sale this week on six homes that were confiscated from El Chapo Guzmán following his capture and extradition to the United States.




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El Chapo henchman is extradited to the US after he 'kidnapped and killed a Texas drug dealer'

Luis Arellano-Romero, who was part of El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel, was extradited to the United States last Friday and appeared before an El Paso, Texas, judge, for the murder of a drug dealer.




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Savage Mexican drug lord El Mencho's empire has set up cells in 35 US states and Puerto Rico

The growth of Reuben 'Nemesio' Oseguera Cervantes' Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion from coast to coast over the past decade has made the cartel a 'clear, present and growing danger'.




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Drug kingpin El Chapo's 'untouchable' son, 36, gives away CARS, locals in Mexico

The son of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán treated residents in the family's home state of Sinaloa with a car giveaway, concert and food during an event ahead of Christmas.




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El Chapo's daughter unveils range of BEER named after her notorious drug lord dad

Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's daughter has been driven keep his legacy alive with a fashion and lifestyle brand since he was sentenced to life in the United States last summer.




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DEA says the Sinaloa Cartel is the greatest criminal drug threat to the U.S. with El Chapo in jail

The DEA says El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel poses a threat to the United States like no other Mexican criminal group even with the notorious leader sitting behind bars in the U.S.




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El Chapo's drug lord sons enforce lockdown in Mexican city

Iván Archivaldo Guzmán (pictured) is one of the sons who has been enforcing the 10 p.m. coronavirus curfew in Culiacán, threatening anyone who breaks it with violence.




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Chris Brown wins joint custody of daughter Royalty despite positive drug test

The legal battle between the singer and Nia Guzman over their daughter has been resolved with Brown getting Royalty 12 days a month in unsupervised visitation.




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Chris Brown's former associates accuse him of drug use

A number of collaborators and employees  - both former and current - painted a picture of what it was like to work with the singer, and it was not a pretty one.




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Alex Hales ready for another England chance after learning lessons from failed drugs test

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Hales could have done no more to push his case for a place in England's T20 World Cup squad but he knows that runs alone are not enough.




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Charlie Sheen reveals his HIV has been suppressed by drug in clinical trial

The actor has been involved in a clinical trial for a drug called PRO-140 since early this year. And on Tuesday, he received the news from his doctor that his virus is no longer detectable.




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Charlie Sheen mingles at AIDS drug event in Hollywood

He has never been one to maintain a haughty demeanour.




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Charlie Sheen 'had borderline dementia, cured by HIV drug'

Speaking to Daily Mail Online on Friday, Sheen said he didn't have dementia symptoms until starting his first regime of anti-HIV drugs. But those symptoms disappeared after starting on PRO-140.




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Charlie Sheen plays doctor as he distributes pills with rapper Lil Pump in Drug Addicts music video

The 52-year-old actor could be seen passing out pills alongside 17-year-old rapper Lil Pump in a clip for the single Drug Addicts.




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Charlie Sheen opens up on his miraculous recovery from drug and alcohol addiction

In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, Charlie Sheen opens up about his decision to turn his life around. The actor began his road to recovery on December 10, 2017 and has been sober for a year.




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Brooke Mueller had 'suitcases full of drugs' and 'white powder around her nose' in the Hamptons

Actor Brooke Mueller, 41, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen, was said to be outside of RiteAid at 7am in the Hamptons on Sunday, with 'suitcases full of drugs,' and allegedly demanded strangers 'party' with her.