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EPISODE · Oct 6, 2021 · 28 MIN

New antiviral Covid pill

from Health Check · host BBC World Service

Trials stopped early of a new Covid antiviral pill, Molnupiravir, as it may cut numbers of people in hospital by about a half. Claudia Hammond discusses the ethical questions of who should be given it. Plus Unicef report on findings about childhood mental health before and during the pandemic. And a new exhibition on the researchers and trial participants outwitting cancer.Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Erika Wright(Photo: An experimental Covid-19 treatment pill called Molnupiravir. Photo credit: Merck/Reuters)

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