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Trial for ‘Wonder Drug’ That May Reduce Covid Deaths, Times Says

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A health worker shows a bottle of Ivermectin. 

A health worker shows a bottle of Ivermectin. 

Photographer: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Oxford University researchers are planning a large-scale trial of an inexpensive drug that could help dramatically reduce Covid-19 deaths globally, according to a report in the Times.

The goal is to find treatments that could be used at home, shortly after symptoms appear, to catch the disease early and prevent serious illness.