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Could oral antiviral pills be a game-changer for COVID-19? An infectious disease physician explains why these options are badly needed

  • Written by Patrick Jackson, Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia
imageIf authorized, molnupiravir could be a key oral treatment to help keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital. Plyushkin/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Nearly two years into the pandemic, it has become starkly clear that we need better treatments for COVID-19 for people in the earlier stages of disease.

Two new antiviral drugs could soon be the first...

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