Antiviral drugs can help your body fight off viruses like COVID-19. Learn more about forms of antivirals approved for COVID-19 treatment.

Here’s what to know about antivirals Doses of the COVID antiviral drug Paxlovid are displayed in New York on Aug. 1, 2022. (Stephanie Nano / Associated Press) ...

Years before the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, virologists started a quest to find drugs called antivirals that can protect people against emerging coronaviruses. The journey has been slow and ...

Paxlovid is one of the only antiviral pills to effectively treat COVID-19 symptoms. As a more contagious variant spreads, here's what to know. Bobby Sherman dies at 81.

A new review commented on a previous study regarding the real-world effectiveness of oral antivirals against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant.

The expensive medication does little to prevent hospitalisation or death for people who are vaccinated against the virus, a ...

With COVID-19 cases again on the upswing, the antiviral Paxlovid has been slow to gain traction among patients and doctors even though the medication reduces hospitalizations and deaths.

The science behind antivirals is not new. The first antiviral drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, idoxuridine, was developed in the 1950s by pharmacologist William Herman Prusoff.

Ana B. Ibarra Special to the Daily Press As California gears up for a winter of respiratory illnesses, health officials and providers often reference one encouraging factor — the greater ...

When US president Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 in July, he was prescribed Paxlovid—an antiviral that helps the body fight off the virus. This prescription drug can be taken outside of ...

C LARKSBURG, W. Va. (WBOY) — Some in the medical community say that antiviral treatments are underutilized and could help more people recover from diseases like flu and COVID more easily.

Ana B. Ibarra Special to the Daily Press As California gears up for a winter of respiratory illnesses, health officials and providers often reference one encouraging factor — the greater ...