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Covid-19: Pill Being Touted As Potential Cure For Virus Could Be Coming
An anti-viral pill that's being touted as a potential cure for COVID-19 could be ready later this year, according to a brand-new report.
PF-07321332, an antiviral drug being developed by Pfizer, is designed to attack the “spine” of the COVID-19 virus to prevent it from replicating in the nose, throat, and lungs, according to the Telegraph.
Trials involving volunteers from age 18 to 60 are now underway at Pfizer facilities in both the United States and Europe, according to the report.
Pizer's director of medicinal chemistry, Dafydd Owen, said the pill was developed from scratch, the Te…
Covid-19: Side Effects Are More Likely After Second Pfizer Or Moderna Dose; Here's Why
Feeling a bit sleepy, sore, and achy after getting your COVID-19 vaccine?
Don't fret. Side effects are a sign that the body's immune system is responding to the dose, and that it's working, according to medical experts.
One of them, Dr.Allison Arwady, the Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner, said younger people are more likely to experience side effects because they "have more robust immune system broadly," according to a report by NBC 5 Chicago.
Women are also more likely to report side effects than men, Arwady said, noting estrogen can elevate immune response…
