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A pill can stop people from developing COVID after being exposed to the virus, trial finds

A pill called ensitrelvir is the first drug shown to effectively reduce infection after exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

Paired antiviral approach pushes SARS-CoV-2 toward near-complete loss of infectivity

A new study led by researchers at the University of Malaga proposes a new antiviral strategy against SARS-CoV-2—the virus ...

Is hantavirus like COVID-19? Five infectious disease experts answer some of the biggest questions about the outbreak.

The hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has made headlines for weeks, and while U.S. health officials say ...

Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic

Most hantaviruses are not known to spread between people. Andes virus is the exception. After the initial spillover from ...

Hantavirus symptoms, spread and pandemic risk explained by infectious disease expert

The Andes virus, linked to a cruise ship outbreak, spreads mainly through contaminated rodent droppings and rarely between ...
Scientific American

The hantavirus outbreak is reviving some of the worst COVID conspiracies

Since the first cases of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May ...

Why hantavirus is not like COVID, according to infectious disease experts

Infectious disease experts have sought to reassure people that the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak poses very low risks to ...

A New Viral Outbreak. The Same Mistakes All Over Again.

As the final remaining passengers disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship, on which at least seven people were confirmed ...
Nature

At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of ...