{"id":50535,"date":"2021-04-01T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=50535"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:08:07","slug":"antiviral-pill-could-alter-the-fight-against-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/antiviral-pill-could-alter-the-fight-against-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiviral Pill Could Alter the Fight Against COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5986\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 270px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer-260x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer-260x300.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer-301x347.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer.jpeg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">William Fischer, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/what-molnupiravir-antiviral-pill-could-alter-fight-against-covid-3169802\">International Business Times<\/a> reports on the drug molnupiravir, which has shown positive results in preliminary studies by significantly reducing infection of the virus in patients after five days of treatment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/fischer\/\">William Fischer<\/a>, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and lead investigator of the study at UNC, said there is &#8220;potential&#8221; in molnupiravir.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer said in a statement: \u201cThe secondary objective findings in this study, of a quicker decrease in infectious virus among individuals with early COVID-19 treated with molnupiravir, are promising and if supported by additional studies, could have important public health implications, particularly as the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread and evolve globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/what-molnupiravir-antiviral-pill-could-alter-fight-against-covid-3169802\">Read the article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Business Times reports on the drug molnupiravir, which has shown positive results in preliminary studies by significantly reducing infection of the virus in patients after five days of treatment. 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