The new high-throughput platform screens for compounds that target a protein fold in viruses that is essential to their life cycle; tool could be used to identify and develop treatments
Disulfiram, a treatment for alcoholism, may reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 and death, according to a new observational study. Researchers emphasize that more studies are needed. But their study of more than 900,000 U.S. veterans found that people taking disulfiram were 34% less likely to get COVID-19.