Tag: interferon lamda

1 Shot Might Boost Immunity and Fight COVID Across Variants

Yet another COVID-19 treatment has emerged, but is interferon lambda the miracle cure the world has been waiting for? Summary of Key Points Currently available COVID-19 treatments have limitations and concerns. A new clinical trial shows promise for interferon lambda, effective against all variants and drops viral loads faster than other COVID-19 treatments. Interferon lambda is…


Study Finds COVID Drug Cuts Hospitalizations in Half, but FDA Yet to Approve It

An experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug seems to be effective at preventing hospitalizations, but isn’t cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a study published online Wednesday. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the drug, interferon lambda, prevented 51 percent of hospitalizations among individuals who received COVID-19…