Cassandra Willyard If authorized, molnupiravir would be the first oral treatment for COVID-19.Credit: Merck & Co Inc/Handout/Reuters The pharmaceutical firm Merck announced last week that an antiviral pill it’s developing can cut hospitalizations and deaths among people with COVID-19 by half. The results haven’t yet been peer reviewed. But if the drug candidate, molnupiravir, is...
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The hunt for an antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 at home
By Rich Haridy July 27, 2021 Several novel antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 are currently being tested in humans photographee. EU/Depositphotos As the US Government invests billions of dollars into COVID-19 antiviral research, scientists are racing to develop a pill that people can take at home to treat the disease in its earliest stages. If last...