First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK
The tablet – molnupiravir – will be given twice a day to patients recently diagnosed with the disease. from: BBC News
The tablet – molnupiravir – will be given twice a day to patients recently diagnosed with the disease. from: BBC News
The health workers say security forces injured 30 colleagues when they opened fire at a protest. from: BBC News
from: BBC News How forces deal with violence against women is the lead story for several of Saturday’s papers.
from: BBC News Charles Ogilvie-Forbes is a volunteer in a clinical trial at King’s College Hospital, London.
The drug has spared hundreds of millions of Africans from serious parasites, but clinical trials have repeatedly failed to show that it is effective against Covid. Still, U.S. demand is high. From: New York Times
“You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.” From: New York Times
Doctors hope it could boost the anti-cancer power of other drugs to fight hard-to-treat tumours.
from: BBC News A GP who came out of retirement to treat patients in the pandemic is awarded a medal.