antiviral

With Covid still looming large, scientists will soon be able to develop antivirals to manage mpox, formerly known as monkeypox as well as Covid. Since May 2022, mpox has spread into more than 100 countries and caused over 86,900…

This is the fifth installment in my series on progress toward the elimination of Hepatitis C infection and disease. Read more about Hepatitis C in part one, part two , part three, and part four. HEPATITIS C, CAUSED BY THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS,…

This is fourth installment in my series on progress toward the elimination of Hepatitis C infection and disease. Read more about Hepatitis C in part one, part two and part three. Figure 1. The direct-acting antiviral targets in the…

CG render of T-cells in shallow depth of fieldgetty The need for effective Covid-19 drugs is ever-expanding. Hundreds of millions, if not billions, have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 throughout the pandemic. Even today, thousands continue to…

Britain should be stockpiling more antivirals and PPE for bird flu, according to one top expert who helped guide the Government through Covid.Professor Peter Openshaw, who sat on two influential SAGE committees during the pandemic, said it…

Pfizer has admitted it ‘engineered’ mutated Covid viruses in lab tests to ensure its vaccine and drugs remained effective against new variants – but the company denies the experiments posed a risk to the public.In a press release sneaked…

ANI Washington, December 8Besides the skin, the digestive tract is the tissue that is most exposed to environmental influences such as bacteria and…

Hope for long Covid sufferers as new study will trial Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid in patients left with lingering symptoms months later100 people who have had long Covid symptoms for 3+ months will take PaxlovidResearchers want…

Health authorities in Japan have issued emergency approval to a new oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 called ensitrelvir. The once-daily pill works in ways similar to Pfizer's Paxlovid, and initial Phase 3 results indicate it shortens…

Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic’s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out. In the nation’s first medical trial of an antiviral strategy to treat long COVID, scientists are testing the drug to see if it…