The first pill shown to treat COVID-19 has moved one step closer to being available to the public. The pharmaceutical company Merck requested FDA emergency authorization Monday for their COVID-19 ...

The FDA said Friday that Merck's anti-COVID-19 pill is effective in treating the virus but said that regulators will meet next week to investigate whether the pill is safe for people who are pregnant ...

WASHINGTON - Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill against COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world's arsenal against the pandemic.

Health Team 'I'm optimistic.' ECU participating in research on Merck COVID-19 pill East Carolina University are launching a study on whether a new COVID-19 pill can slow the spread of the illness ...

LONDON — Pharmaceutical company Merck has agreed to allow other drug makers to make its COVID-19 treatment, the first pill that has been shown to be effective against the disease. The move aims to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Britain has granted a ...

Britain granted conditional authorization on Thursday to the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19 so far. It also is the first country to OK the treatment from drugmaker Merck, although it ...