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COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies and Effectiveness Against Variants

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that the COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K.—B.1.1.7—is the most common cause of new infection in the U.S, particularly in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.1 This strain has evidence of being more infectious and causing more severe disease compared […]

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Messenger RNA Vaccines Against COVID-19 and its Variants

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The novel messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) and Moderna (mRNA-1273) carry the genetic code the host cell needs to make the surface spike protein antigen to closely mimic a natural infection.1 To study the effectiveness of these vaccines, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a longitudinal real-world study

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Updates in the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19​

Molnupiravir, an Oral Antiviral, Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19

Molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral medicine, significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 50% in an interim analysis of the phase 3 MOVe-OUT trial. The planned analysis evaluated data from 775 at-risk, non-hospitalized adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19. All patients enrolled had at least one risk factor associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes and were randomized within 5 days of symptom onset. At day 29, 7.3% of patients who received molnupiravir were either hospitalized or died, compared with 14.1% of placebo-treated patients (P= .0012). No deaths were reported in patients receiving molnupiravir, compared with 8 deaths in patients who received placebo. The incidence of any adverse event was comparable in the molnupiravir and placebo groups (35% and 40%, respectively). Discontinuation due to adverse events was lower with molnupiravir (1.3%) versus placebo (3.4%).

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https://www.contagionlive.com/view/molnupiravir-could-become-first-authorized-covid-19-pill