Merck’s antiviral pill reduces hospitalization of Covid patients, a possible game-changer for treatment

(By Matthew Herper for STAT)

An investigational antiviral pill reduced the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 would be hospitalized by about 50%, a finding that could give doctors a desperately needed new way to treat the sick, the drug maker Merck announced Friday.  Continue reading the article here…

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