How to Use antiviral in a Sentence

antiviral

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  • There are no antiviral drugs to kill the dengue virus, and the search for a safe and effective vaccine has been long and fraught.
    — Stephanie Nolen and Eleanor Lutz. Photography and Video By Federico Rios Escobar For The New York Times. Eleanor Lutz, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The antiviral drug Paxlovid works best when started right away.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • At the time, the first lady, now 72, was prescribed the antiviral Paxlovid and told to stay away from others for at least five days.
    — Peter Alexander, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • She has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and will isolate at the vacation home for at least five days.
    — Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Pfizer commands a 90% share of the U.S. market for Covid-19 antiviral pills.
    — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • But new antiviral drugs have made the disease treatable.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Since 2013, oral antiviral drugs that can cure hepatitis C have been on the market.
    — Jon Lapook, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There’s no antiviral treatment for GI viruses, but rest, over-the-counter pain medicines, and drinking lots of fluids can help.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The antiviral Paxlovid could help and should be taken within five days of symptoms starting.
    — Sam Jones, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Some tips to try out at home include: Your doctor can provide antiviral drugs to help your child's system kick the flu.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024
  • One of the theories is that the virus is still alive in the body, which suggests treating with an antiviral drug like Paxlovid could be a benefit.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The antiviral medication Paxlovid is designed to work regardless of any changes in the spike protein of the virus.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • About one in four nursing home residents got an antiviral prescription to treat Covid by the end of 2022, a study found.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At the same time, a new antiviral pill shows promise in a study finding it as effective as Paxlovid in high risk people.
    — Rita Beamish, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Its Covid-19 vaccine and the antiviral pill will continue to drive revenue growth.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • Moran plans to wear an N95 mask on the plane, skip indoor restaurants and pack coronavirus tests and the antiviral treatment Paxlovid in her suitcase.
    — Fenit Nirappil, Aara'l Yarber and Sheila Regan, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
  • The company expects $8 billion of revenue from the antiviral Paxlovid, down 58% from last year.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2023
  • In some places, testing is discouraged to save on costs, because there are no RSV antiviral drugs.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 3 May 2023
  • That lackluster performance may have more to do with the state of the pandemic than with the antiviral pill itself, experts said.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • There are no antiviral treatments for dengue, Adalja says.
    — Dr. Adiba Matin, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Treatments like the antiviral drug Paxlovid can reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.
    — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And yet, an antiviral treatment proven to lessen the chances of severe outcomes is going underused.
    — Kenya Hunter, Fortune Well, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The revenue growth was led by higher sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and antiviral pills, which were well above the analyst estimates.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • At this time, there is no specific antiviral treatment for measles.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2024
  • It's approved to treat some parasitic worms, head lice and skin conditions but isn't an antiviral drug.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The child was treated with flu antiviral drugs, was not hospitalized and has recovered from the illness.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The shingles virus causes a painful rash and can require antiviral medications to treat.
    — Shira Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The doctor prescribed a potent steroid cream along with an antiviral medication to be taken for a week.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Neuzil noted there are other tools for high-risk people who contract Covid — antiviral drugs.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The first lady is experiencing mild symptoms and has been prescribed a course of Paxlovid, an antiviral drug.
    — Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
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antiviral

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  • The antiviral comes in two versions: a liquid and a pill.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Two of the pills are Paxlovid and the third is a different antiviral that helps boost levels of the main drug in the body.
    — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2021
  • If cleared by regulators, the drug would be the first oral antiviral for Covid-19.
    — Betsy McKay, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Add to these, the possibility that the antiviral is not reaching all of the cells in your body that contain the virus.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • There is no cure or antivirals to treat Powassan virus.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The toddler with the rash has started on antibiotics and an antiviral.
    — Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2022
  • These include: • Paxlovid, an oral antiviral for patients who are at least 12 years old and weigh at least 88 pounds.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2022
  • The antiviral is intended to be taken twice a day over five days, for a total of ten capsules.
    — Riley Griffin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Paxlovid, the primary oral antiviral available in the U.S., is in short supply in China.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The Merck-Ridgeback pill, if authorized, would be the first oral antiviral for Covid-19.
    — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
  • For another patient, Alozie hoped to get a new antiviral called Paxlovid.
    — Eric Boodman and Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Some of these mutations may alter virus proteins enough to allow the virus to better evade the antiviral.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • Tamiflu, the brand name for a similar antiviral that’s been used to combat the flu since 1999, is a benchmark for this type of treatment.
    — Zachary Hansen, ajc, 10 May 2022
  • And Moore's request for an antiviral is now part of standard treatment for Covid-19, Stanford added.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Pfizer said that its antiviral was most effective within the first three days of symptoms.
    — NBC News, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Acyclovir is a type of antiviral used to treat chickenpox, herpes and shingles.
    — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • But his doctor says he’s being treated with Paxlovid, the Pfizer antiviral that works to shorten the symptoms for many patients.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 July 2022
  • The most perplexing revelation from the Bureau of Prison files, however, is the lack of uptake for the oral antiviral, Paxlovid.
    — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 9 May 2022
  • The new study supports that anecdotal conclusion—but not just for those taking the antiviral.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2022
  • An oral antiviral is seen as the gold standard to ease the burden of disease on health systems, domestically and abroad.
    — Rebecca Torrence, Fortune, 17 June 2021
  • Doctors can prescribe the antiviral paxlovid to qualifying patients in the US, though many are struggling to get prescriptions for the drug.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 18 May 2022
  • By comparison, Tamiflu, an antiviral against the flu, costs about $100 in the United States.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
  • O'Connor also quickly prescribed Paxlovid, an antiviral that is known to reduce the risk of severe disease.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • One of the earliest contenders was remdesivir, an antiviral from biotech giant Gilead.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Both patients were exposed to pigs less than 10 days prior to symptom onset and were treated with antivirals.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Running a trial of patients early in the course of their disease, when an antiviral is likely to work best, for instance, is tough with a virus that doesn't cause symptoms for days.
    — USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
  • That formed a roadmap for other scientists well-versed in nucleoside analogs, a type of antiviral.
    — Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The other is an antiviral, which works by directly stopping the virus from replicating.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
  • There are no approved treatments like antivirals or vaccines for Marburg, fatal in up to 90% of cases.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Ivermectin is not an antiviral (a drug for treating viruses).
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021

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