Scientists Say This Pill Could Prevent COVID-19—Here’s What You Need to Know

New research reveals a potentially effective COVID-19 pill is in the works. Here’s what infectious disease experts want you ...

Antiviral ensitrelvir cuts risk of COVID-19 in household contacts by two-thirds, study finds

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir prevents infection in household contacts of COVID-19 patients when given within 72 hours after ...
Healio

Trials demonstrate Paxlovid’s evolving role against COVID-19

Paxlovid’s role in treating COVID-19 is not ending — it is evolving, according to the results of two national trials ...
Prevention

Scientists Say a COVID-19 Pill Could Be Available Soon—Here’s What That Means for You

An experimental oral medication can dramatically lower the risk of getting COVID-19 after an exposure. The new pill, Ensitrelvir, is already approved for use in Japan. Infectious disease experts are ...
Nature

At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, ...

Scientists find concerning link between COVID-19 and lung cancer

The worst damage from COVID-19 was first measured in fevers, oxygen levels and death counts. Now, years later, researchers ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination

Dr. Pappas can be contacted at [email protected]. This letter was published on July 9, 2025, at NEJM.org. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this letter was reported. Zhang B, Thacker D, ...

From Ebola to COVID-19: History of infectious disease treatment at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine

Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center have a history of treating patients in past global disease ...