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Clinical briefs for Tuesday, May 3
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 03, 2022
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CDC: Turn to Paxlovid to treat COVID-19, not steroids or antibiotics
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Apr 26, 2022
The agency is urging clinicians to consider the now readily available, recommended therapies such as Paxlovid as first-line COVID-19 treatments.
Pfizer says final data show COVID-19 pill stays strong against severe illness
Dec 14, 2021
Latest results show that drug cuts hospitalizations, deaths by nearly 90 percent when taken within three to five days of the start of symptoms