New Oral Drug Candidate for Measles and Parainfluenza (English, Level A1)

Researchers found a new oral drug candidate.
The drug can fight some viruses.
These viruses can cause measles and croup.
Scientists tested the drug in animals.
Tests used small and larger animals.
One pill a day showed good activity.
Animals tolerated high drug amounts well.
The drug may help children and patients.

Difficult words

researcher — a person who studies or tests things

Researchers

oral — taken by mouth as a pill or medicine

candidate — a person or thing chosen for testing

virus — a small germ that can make people sick

viruses

tolerate — to accept something without bad effects

tolerated

measles — a childhood infectious illness with fever and rash

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New Oral Drug Candidate for Measles and Parainfluenza^{CEFR A1}

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