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Miriam Fauzia

A Promising Covid-19 Antiviral Cuts Hospitalizations in Half — Will Americans Get It?


It would seem with dwindling viral cases, millions of vaccines deployed, and an end to a public health emergency that, Covid-19 is finally petering out. On the contrary, the virus is here to stay, much like the seasonal flu. While vaccines have been shown to prevent the majority of severe cases, there’s still only one effective and federally approved therapeutic, called Paxlovid, which has to be taken within five days of symptoms to be effective.

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