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A drug widely used to treat COVID-19 might be spurring the evolution of new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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How antiviral pill molnupiravir shot ahead in the COVID drug hunt
Merck’s COVID pill loses its lustre: what that means for the pandemic
Hundreds of COVID trials could provide a deluge of new drugs
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