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ItsjustMe

(11,252 posts) Wed Dec 22, 2021, 02:35 PM Dec 2021

'Game changer': FDA authorizes first pill to treat Covid-19 (CNN)

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer's antiviral pill, Paxlovid, to treat Covid-19 in high-risk individuals age 12 and older who weigh at least 88 pounds. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports.

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