Today, between 7:30-9:00 p.m., Dr. Colin Lee, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s associate medical officer of health, will participate in a panel discussion, Antivirals: The New Wonder Drugs. Moderated by Dr. Keith Rose, Dr. Lee will be joined by Vaughan Mallows, pharmacist at Georgian Bay General Hospital, and HIV advocate Carla Evans to discuss how new antiviral medications have succeeded in the fight against diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis, and COVID-19.
Antiviral medications help the body fight off harmful viruses by easing symptoms and shortening the length of a viral infection. Antivirals also lower the risk of getting or spreading viruses that cause illness, hospitalizations, and death. In some cases, treatment regimens of antiviral medications are curing diseases that at one time resulted in very high death rates.
Hosted by Our Health, this live panel discussion will be available for streaming, here.
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