Ancient Greek drug could save live of COVID patients

Health & Wellness Weekly Email ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Health & Wellness weekly newsletter Ancient Greek drug could cut COVID-19 deaths - Israeli scientist Prof. Ami Schattner: "Initial results are promising to say the least." [Read More...]( Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis The company has said it can have 180,000 treatment courses ready to ship this year and plans to produce at least 80 million more in 2022. [Read More...]( Protein component could be added to COVID vaccines to protect against new variants - study While most available COVID-19 vaccines target the virus' spike protein, variants including Delta and Omicron have mutations that affect this protein, making them harder for immune cells to detect. 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