Doctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19 

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Jeffrey Carlson stands for a portrait outside his home in Vadnais Heights, Minn. Carlson, a Type 1 diabetic with heart stents, contracted COVID-19 in January, båut recovered quickly after being treated with Merck's molnupiravir medication. / NICOLE NERI/ ASSOCIATED PRESS
High-risk COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital — if doctors get the pills to them fast enough.  Health systems around the country are rushing out same-day prescription deliveries. Some clinics have started testing and treating patients in one visit, an initiative that President Joe…

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