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Antiviral Compound Offers Hope Against Deadly Flu.

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What keeps most infectious disease researchers up at night aren’t infamous viruses like Ebola. Instead, influenza, commonly known as the flu, continues to be a clear and present danger to humanity.

“Influenza is a huge problem, as the virus sickens or kills millions of people each year,” says David Markovitz, M.D., professor of internal medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Michigan Medicine. “A new pandemic along the lines of the 1918 Spanish flu has the potential to kill millions here and abroad.”

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This sounds very promising but unfortunately a long way off. Though if it really can also treat coronavirus as well as so many others, maybe the current situation will expedite things and show its importance.

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