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US sets new record for Covid-19 hospitalizations

Hospitalization rate surpasses pre-vaccination levels of crowding The US has broken its previous record for Covid-19 hospitalizations, counting 145,982 patients currently in the hospital with the virus as of Tuesday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Tuesday’s figure outstrips the previous peak of 142,000 hospitalizations set last January – before the widespread […]

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Merck files in US for emergency FDA authorization for Covid treatment pill after trial data showed it cut hospitalizations in half

Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced on Monday that they’ve submitted an emergency authorization application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their oral antiviral Covid treatment molnupiravir. The US-based pharmaceutical company revealed the request had been made to the FDA, with the hope that it will become the first authorized oral […]