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Pill to treat Covid-19 cuts the risk of death by half, says Merck, which will seek its emergency authorization
A pill has cut the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 by half in a study, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday.
It would become the first oral medicine that fights viral infection for Covid-19 if approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization.
"At the interim analysis, molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50%," Merck said in a news release. "7.3% of patients who received molnupiravir were either hospitalized or died through Day 29 following randomization (28/385), compared with 14.1% of placebo treated patients (53,377). Through Day 29, no deaths were reported in patients who received molnupiravir, as compared to 8 deaths in patients who received placebo."
Merck said it will seek FDA emergency use authorization "as soon as possible."
Molnupiravir is not a vaccine. It is an oral antiviral, and experts have said developing such a drug could be the next chance to thwart Covid-19. A short-term regimen of daily pills would aim to fight the virus early after diagnosis and prevent symptoms from developing after exposure.
One antiviral drug has been approved to treat Covid. Remdesivir is given intravenously to sick patients in the hospital. It is not meant for early, widespread use.
... if an oral pill could be created that helped fight the spread of COVID-19D this would be a major breakthrough in the fight against the pandemic around the world It would not require refrigeration, could be easily transported and administered and might reach more people who are vaccine hesitant.
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California to require Covid-19 vaccination for students, governor says
California will add the Covid-19 vaccination to immunizations required for in-person school attendance, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in San Francisco Friday morning.
The requirements will be phased in by grade groups -- 7-12 and K-6 -- and will start for each group only after the Food and Drug Administration fully approves the vaccine for that cohort, the governor's office said in a news release.
"We intend to (have the requirement) once the FDA has fully approved the vaccine, which will give us time to work with districts, give us time to work with parents and educators to build more trust and confidence and build out logistics so that we can deliver on what we are promoting here today," Newsom said.
The mandate will be a condition of in-person attendance, though independent study is an option for unvaccinated students. The effort aims to protect children and keep them learning in-person, Newsom's office said.
"This will accelerate our effort to get this pandemic behind us," Newsom told CNN's Ana Cabrera minutes after making the announcement. "We already mandate 10 vaccines. In so many ways... it's probably the most predictable announcement."
California expects this to apply to grades 7-12 next July, based on current projections for full approval.
The FDA authorized Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to include people ages 12 to 15 in May. And in August the agency granted full approval to the Pfizer vaccine for people 16 and older.
Moderna has also submitted data to the FDA for full approval for its Covid-19 vaccine in people ages 18 and up and has requested priority review from the agency. Johnson & Johnson has not yet filed for full FDA approval of its vaccine.
... great news to school kids and their parents, extended family and individuals who rely upon the public education system in California! Most private schools have made this same prerequisite. Helps protect School Board Employees and contractors.
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