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Anti-viral drug backfires: COVID drug linked to viral mutations that unfold
Enlarge / A employee handles a bottle of Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LPs molnupiravir antiviral medicine in a warehouse in Shoham, Israel, on January 18, 2022. (credit score: Getty | Kobi Wolf) With each new an infection, the pandemic