your s first mission to mercury. and it s back. the london marathon returns to the city streets on sunday for the first full scale race in more than two years. hello, and welcome to the programme. they could be a breakthrough in the way we treat covid 19. interim trials treat covid i9. interim trials suggest a new experimental drug for severe covid cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half. if authorised by regulators, the new drug, which comes in the form of a pill, would be the first antiviral medication for covid i9. mike lobel reports. this is the first covid pill. trial results suggest it can cut hospitalisations or deaths by half.
be vaccinated against covid 19. justice sonia sotomayor rejected a challenge by a group of four teachers and teaching assistants. and the coach of women s soccer team has been sacked over allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct towards players dating back several years. paul riley from liverpool lead north carolina courage to two league titles. he faces a string of allegations, including remarks made about a player s sexual orientation, by the athletic sports news website. riley denies any sexual misconduct. in the united states, texas now has the strictest anti abortion law in the united states, with the procedure effectively banned after six weeks, a so called heartbeat bill . today we hear from michelle, who has chosen to get an abortion and is trying to navigate a new reality for women there, and we hearfrom kaylee, who says she has been flooded for cries for help since texas introduced its strict anti abortion law. angelica casas met them both
preventative vaccines. but this is an exciting development, as the first company to report trial results of a pill to treat covid as other companies also work on similar treatments. mark lobel, bbc news. well, let s speak now to epidemiologist and health economist doctor eric fogel ding, whojoins us from washington. feigl ding. doctor feigl ding, thank you forjoining us. took us three how this pill works? this pill is quite remarkable. it is not based on any spiked proteins like the vaccines are, it is agnostic to variants, because it targets the molecular machinery of the virus. it has lots of nonsense code. it completely corrupts the gino of the virus, so that it can t replicate. de genome. and that s the beauty. evenif genome. and that s the beauty. even if the virus mutates, it
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i know what opportunities abortion can give to people, so why notjust spend the rest of my life doing it? this is bbc news: our main headlines: health experts express optimism as it till developed to treat coronavirus reports positive trial results that could halve the chances of dying. and after the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer, london s metropolitan police tries to regain the public trust. red hot lover from a volcano on the spanish island of la palma continues to flow into the sea. many homes and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people forced to flee. the eruption began 11 days ago. our correspondent danjohnson is correspondent dan johnson is there. welcome to the newest part of la palma, a volcanic island extension that is growing all the time. all of this lover has