India boosts arsenal against COVID-19 with Merck pill, two more vaccines

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India has approved Merck's COVID-19 pill and two more vaccines for emergency use as the world's second most populous country braces for a possible spike in coronavirus…

Britain starts recruiting for real-world COVID antiviral trial

LONDON (Reuters) - British researchers on Wednesday started recruitment for a clinical trial to test antiviral COVID-19 treatments for use in people early on in the disease who are at…

What leaders, health experts said about Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill

(Reuters) - A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing…