The News & Observer reports that a drug tested at UNC-Chapel Hill could be used to both prevent and treat COVID-19 infections, according to new research published in Nature by senior author J. Victor Garcia, PhD.
“This is something that is giving us hope that there might be an alternative that can be available in addition to the vaccine to help with the pandemic,” Garcia, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and director of UNC’s International Center for the Advancement of Translational Science.
Read the News & Observer article here.
WTVD-11 also reported on the study’s effectiveness. Read here.