November 07, 1981 (vol. 92, iss. 51) • Page Image 2
…0 New drug helps flu victims From AP and UPI CHICAGO - A new drug given to in- fluenza patients sharply reduced the severity and length of their disease and might help save the lives of elderly flu victims, a researcher said yesterday. The drug, called ribavirin, was given to 14 college students with influenza who were suffering from fevers and such other symptoms as headaches,. eye pain and backaches. THEIR FEVERS disappeared about a day so...…

















































