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WHO study finds remdesivir didn't help COVID-19 patients

by Marilynn MarchioneJamey Keaten
| October 16, 2020 9:09 AM

GENEVA (AP) — A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests that the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalized COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the United States and many other countries.

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