Medications
Can Prozac treat COVID? Perhaps, but a related drug may be better
The rise of Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, reminds us how quickly things can change during the pandemic.
Dec 9, 2021
0
7
Page 16 - News tagged with antiviral
Medications
US panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck
A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus.
Dec 1, 2021
1
58
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 infection can be inhibited by elements of the human microbiome
In the human microbiome, researchers have identified metabolites (intermediate or end products of metabolism) that inhibit COVID-19 infection in cell-based models of the virus. The finding, reported this week in the journal ...
Dec 1, 2021
0
22
Medications
Plant-derived antiviral drug is effective in blocking highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant
A plant-based antiviral treatment for Covid-19, recently discovered by scientists at the University of Nottingham, has been found to be just as effective at treating all variants of the virus SARS-CoV-2, even the highly infectious ...
Nov 19, 2021
1
140
Medications
New biosensor method eliminates need for biosafety lab containment in screening drugs against coronavirus
Nineteen months into the pandemic, the need for antiviral drugs targeted against COVID-19 is clear, given the global persistence of the virus, its ability to rapidly mutate into new variants and the possibility that it could ...
Oct 22, 2021
0
14
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK encourages booster jabs, resists new virus restrictions
Under pressure from rising infections and worried health experts, the British government on Wednesday urged millions of people to get booster vaccine shots but resisted calls to reimpose coronavirus restrictions such as mandatory ...
Oct 20, 2021
0
18
Medications
Nine things you need to know about the new COVID-19 pill
Over the past year, discussions—sometimes heated ones—about ending the COVID-19 pandemic have largely focused on the availability, effectiveness, and safety of vaccines. But in early October, Merck reported on a promising ...
Oct 12, 2021
0
3
Medications
Q and A: Medications in use and being tested for treatment of COVID-19
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've heard several drugs mentioned as possible treatments for COVID-19. What are they, and how do they work?
Oct 12, 2021
0
5
Medications
'An amazing ride': study offers dengue treatment hope
Dengue affects tens of millions each year, producing brutal symptoms that have earned it the moniker "breakbone fever," but new research may have found the first-ever treatment for the virus.
Oct 6, 2021
0
88
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The best medicine for COVID-19 is prevention
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care professionals have worked hard to develop treatments for patients, and they have learned to manage the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
Oct 6, 2021
0
7
