Remdesivir appears safe for seriously ill children; patients may not pose highest risk to hospital staff

A roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.

The antiviral drug remdesivir appears to be as safe and effective for use in children with Covid-19 as in adults, according to the largest study to date of children with severe Covid-19 who received the drug.