Everything to know about remdesivir, the most promising COVID-19 treatment yet
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange) isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab. (NIAID/)Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including tips on cleaning groceries, ways to tell if your symptoms are just allergies, and a tutorial on making your own mask.The hunt for pharmaceutical weapons to help beat the COVID-19 pandemic has already produced a few disappointments (and a few nonsensical suggestions regarding disinfectants). This week, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Anthony Fauci made a bold statement in support of remdesivir, an antiviral designed to combat Ebola."The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery," Fauci said during a meeting with President Donald Trump and other officials.But Fauci himself added that the proposed treatment has a ways to go before it...