{"id":208897,"date":"2021-03-10T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=208897"},"modified":"2021-03-10T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:30:19","slug":"phase-2-trials-of-antiviral-pill-show-promising-results-in-battling-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phase-2-trials-of-antiviral-pill-show-promising-results-in-battling-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 2 trials of antiviral pill show promising results in battling COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphase-2-trials-of-antiviral-pill-show-promising-results-in-battling-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=208897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2384832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2384832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RN Todd Paul enters the apartment building and passes a sign calling for Covid-19 safety as he makes his way to visit his veteran\/patient\u2019s home in Boston, Massachusetts on March 4, 2021. Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:16 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, March 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Two American companies teamed up to produce an anti-viral pill used to combat the coronavirus. According to recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/coronavirus\/article249785568.html\">reports<\/a>, the drug molnupiravirperf performed well in early-stage trials.<\/p>\n<p>Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck said their pill is a five day, at-home treatment aimed to reduce the damage done by the virus as well as cut down on the time it takes to receive a negative test after being infected.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2384835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2384835\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2384835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-148.jpeg\" alt=\"RAHWAY, NJ - NOVEMBER 29: A man walks by a sign at a Merck plant November 29, 2005 in Rahway, New Jersey. U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck, announced plans to cut some 7,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its global workforce, by the end of 2008. (Photo by Marko Georgiev\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-148.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-149.jpeg 285w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-150.jpeg 593w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-151.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2384835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks by a sign at a Merck plant in Rahway, New Jersey. (Photo by Marko Georgiev\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Researchers are optimistic about the pill\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be one of those drugs, fingers crossed, that it doesn\u2019t matter what virus you have,\u201d USF Associate Professor of Pediatrics Medicine Michael Teng Ph.D. stated. \u201cIf you have these respiratory symptoms, take this drug, it will probably hit that virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anti-viral pill molnupiravir shows promise against COVID, other viruses\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfsre_aPE5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Doctors that have studied the medication are calling it a potential \u201choly grail.\u201d They noted it could be made available in the next four to five months.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sfpd-arrest-man-suspected-of-robbing-reporter-in-bay-area\/\">SFPD Arrest Man Suspected Of Robbing Reporter In Bay Area<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RN Todd Paul enters the apartment building and passes a sign calling for Covid-19 safety as he makes his way to visit his veteran\/patient\u2019s home in Boston, Massachusetts on March &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310453,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-148.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Phase 2 trials of antiviral pill show promising results in battling COVID-19","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-148.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Phase 2 trials of antiviral pill show promising results in battling COVID-19","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}