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Pill to treat COVID-19 cuts the risk of death by half, says Merck, which will seek its emergency authorization

By CNN  
   October 01, 2021

(CNN) -- 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 FDA for emergency use authorization.

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