On Oct. 22, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first drug for treating COVID-19.
Remdesivir, an antiviral medication given intravenously, is now approved for anyone hospitalized with COVID-19. It works by blocking the virus’s ability to make more copies of itself. Earlier this year, the drug had
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