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Antiviral drug Molnupiravir discovered at Emory under review for emergency use authorization

Posted by Tanika Deuskar | 4 days ago

Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics submitted Molnupiravir, an antiviral pill discovered by Emory University scientists, to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on Oct. 11. If approved, Molnupiravir will become the first orally administrable antiviral drug for COVID-19 treatment. Other antivirals being used for COVID-19 treatment, such as Remdesivir, have to [...]

Student COVID-19 cases stabilize after spike, measures taken to improve masking compliance

Posted by Madison Hopkins | Oct 14, 2021

Emory University appears to have moved past a large surge of COVID-19 cases among students in early September, which saw the highest single-day case total since the beginning of the pandemic. Throughout September, Emory reported 387 new cases, comprising 324 students and 63 faculty and staff. More than two-thirds of this total occurred in the [...]

Emory University receives over $50 million for HIV cure research

Posted by Tanika Deuskar | Sep 8, 2021

Emory University received two grants amounting to $25 million and $26.7 million each from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research into HIV cures on Aug. 17. The grants, which will be disbursed over the next five years, are part of a larger $53 million per annum award by the NIH to 10 research [...]

Associate Vice President Amir St. Clair explains University’s new approach to mitigating spread of COVID-19

Posted by Madison Hopkins | Sep 8, 2021

With over 95% of Emory students and nearly 92% of faculty and staff vaccinated as of Tuesday, Emory University has taken a new approach to managing COVID-19 in the fall semester. Before vaccines were widely available in the U.S., the University used statistics such as case numbers and level of transmission to determine safety policies. [...]

Emory students return to in-person classes amid surge in U.S. COVID-19 cases

Posted by Madison Hopkins | Aug 25, 2021

For many students, today marks a return to their first in-person classes since Emory University shut down campus in March 2020. The University does so as the Delta variant continues to spread rapidly across the United States, and in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Though all students, staff [...]

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Antiviral drug Molnupiravir discovered at Emory under review for emergency use authorization

Student COVID-19 cases stabilize after spike, measures taken to improve masking compliance

Emory University receives over $50 million for HIV cure research

Associate Vice President Amir St. Clair explains University’s new approach to mitigating spread of COVID-19

Emory students return to in-person classes amid surge in U.S. COVID-19 cases