A clinical trial of the drug remdesivir provides some optimism in the fight against the coronavirus, but it is no 'silver bullet.'
, who leads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, hailed the new findings as a “really quite important” milestone in the scramble to find any effective treatment for a pandemic that has claimed more than 227,000 lives around the world.
Still, it will probably take a while for redemsivir to become widely used in clinical trials or in the routine care of hospitalized patients because the drug is said to be in short supply. Medical researchers emphasize it is not a cure-all. “It is very important to understand remdesivir and antivirals in general are not silver bullets,” said Dr.NewsletterGet all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.AdvertisementIt’s no surprise the U.S. economy is suffering mightily, with businesses across the nation shut down and millions upon millions out of work.
The government said that total U.S. output in the first quarter fell at a 4.8% annual pace, faster than at any time since the Great Recession. But economists have projected the GDP to crater in the next quarter
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