New COVID-19 pills may keep recently diagnosed patients out of hospital, company says

  • 📰 ABC
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 44 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 21%
  • Publisher: 51%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

New COVID-19 pills may keep recently diagnosed patients out of hospital, company says.

Pharmaceutical company Merck says Molnupiravir, an antiviral, could reduce people's risk of dying from the virus.over five days, shortly after COVID-19 diagnosis, may slash the risk of being hospitalized or dying of the virus by 50%, according to preliminary results announced by pharmaceutical companies Merck and Ridgeback.

Right now, most COVID-19 patients are sent home and told to monitor their symptoms. Having an effective pill to offer them would"make a difference," Del Rio added. The vaccine status of the trial volunteers was not disclosed in the press release, but doctors say pills like this should never be taken as an alternative to vaccines, which have been tested in hundreds of thousands of people across massive clinical trials, and are the most powerful way to dramatically reduce the risk of being hospitalized or dying of COVID -- and reduce the risk of becoming infected in the first place.

"What we really need is the Tamiflu, if you will, for COVID-19," Dr. Todd Ellerin, the director of infectious diseases at South Shore Health and an ABC News Med Unit contributor, said."It's possible that molnupiravir could be the agent."

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Budesonide. $20. It helps. A lot. Says Oxford. And The Lancet. Approved in UK. Shunned in USA. A mild steroid like US approved dexamethasone. Again, the UK actually 'follows the science' where as the USA follows politics, stupidity, and big pharma $$$$$

They couldn’t make money on Ivermectin so they came up with this synthetic version so they could patent it an rake in the $$$

Probably is a mixture of Antigripal and antinflamatory combine.. just like Dra.Maria Eugenia Barrientos-Tratamientos has been saying all along. And really works!

Clearly Merck is taking care of you all and found this equine med to push to get over the ivermectin story..

So what's the point of the vaccine 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

So you're touting a new drug, with limited testing, over older, cheaper drugs that have been field tested for years. Why? $cience.

Names of drugs are getting weirder & weirder. How the hell did they come up w/ this unpronounceable one?

5 antiviral drugs for treatment of Covid 19 Antiviral treatments that can be taken at home to keep people with COVID-19 out of the hospital are critically needed.

hen you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Read more

For general immunity and health.

support thiz.

ScoMo is poised to leap into action ... and ensure we will have a supply of the new COVID treatment drugs by, oh, the end of 2023. (Is this one 'a race'...?)

Total scam.

Where can I order?

Can they get contributions to the Republicans in time for this to matter?

Why waste good medicine on the unvaccinated by choice ?

I know we all probably must have heard about Bitcoin but don't know how it works, I tried it in a week ago by a man who recommended me to Lisa_LUNA8 on Twitter he guides me through and i made a return of $10500 after a week of trading, connect with her

It's snake oil

oh man what an achievement , if i could put tears in this post god i would , i am crying right now

Wear a Mask unless you’re Fauci

Well thank gawd it's about time they came up with something other than Trump's sanitizer idea. shib

How about keeping China out of the country?

Biggest financial Investment project of the year don’t miss out. This has unbelievable potential 💎 join the group and enjoy the journey 🚀 Investor_Teri

Novel Coronavirus is a Biden conspiracy to sell vaccines and pills,

Scientists have accomplished so much in such a short time. To find a workable Vaccin against COVID19, and now quickly moving forward is amazing 👏 . But, we still have some way to go. Many viruses, like HIV, are still after 40 years without any vaccinations. DemVoice1 ONEV1

The have been named Merkmectin, Pfizermectin and Modmectin, they transformed the outlawed horse paste into a pill. With patents attached it will be a Money Maker

Do they send you straight to the graveyard instead

Which side of the political aisle do these polls fall under? Or can we not politicize these for a change

Pineapple 🍍

I see a package of sausage, sorry

Read this last night, I hope it’s there now and affordable. It would be awesome to have something to fight this with.

If we wrap the pill with cheese, we might have a chance of getting anti-vaxers to take it!

There’s also some 2 hour fluid drip the hospital offered some woman who had tested positive for Covid when I was in the ER the other night. They said ‘her body was compatible with it’. What ‘it’ was… idk

What's inside, Ivermectin and HCQ, at a higher cost.? Big Pharma to the rescue.

Is hidin and the democrat/marxists gunna blacklist this like they did the other therapeutics, leading to tens of thousands of deaths? Add those deaths to the nursing home deaths and the democrat/marxists are directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.

remember you all get vaccinated and wear a mask when needed and be a part of the solution and not the problem

FREESTUSCHELLER

1.7 million at 1 billion dollars..sounds expensive compares to a vaccine 95% effective for $30

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 471. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

New York Rents Jump as Covid-19 Pandemic Discounts FadeDuring the pandemic, New York City landlords offered rare deals at buildings with swimming pools, roof decks and golf simulators. Now many of those leases are expiring, and some tenants face steep rent increases. Budgeting doesn’t work because unexpected expenses always blow you off course. practical ways to stop money worries ...how to save and invest I always see how people keep talking about lisamiaBTC on Twitter so I decided to give it a try and it worked out perfectly for me also, she knows in and out of cryptocurrency....contact her for more details about Bitcoin investment, nobody handles business like she do.
Source: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Read more »

New York Teachers Petition Supreme Court to Block Covid-19 Vaccine MandateFour New York City teachers have filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the city’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, which requires school employees to be vaccinated to be able to work on Monday.
Source: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Read more »

How to Do a Rapid At-Home Covid-19 TestRapid tests are in high demand. Here’s what to know about doing them at home, how long results take and how accurate they are. Tăng Vân Khánh :) :D
Source: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Read more »

COVID-19 live updates: US death toll set to surpass 700,000American Airlines told employees that all U.S.-based employees and certain international crew members must be vaccinated in light of the federal vaccine mandate. AA sucks I agree with this if all passengers are required to be vaccinated also!
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »

Merck COVID-19 pill success slams Moderna shares, shakes up healthcare sectorPositive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker's stock price soaring while denting high-flying shares of vaccine companies and makers of other coronavirus therapies. Vi Trọng Nam :) :D
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »

U.S. eyes Israeli military data for Pfizer COVID-19 booster safetyU.S. health officials are hoping data on Israeli military personnel can help clarify the risk of heart muscle inflammation in younger people who have received Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots - a potential factor for U.S. regulators as they consider granting full approval of these boosters. Cooperation among terrorists.
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »