Tag: Paxlovid
CVS pharmacists now allowed to prescribe antiviral treatment against COVID-19
WOONSOCKET – Pharmacists at more than 9,000 CVS Pharmacy locations can now prescribe Paxlovid, the antiviral treatment against COVID-19, in the first program of...
Test-to-Treat clinic serves 250 people in first 2 weeks
PROVIDENCE – In its first two weeks, Rhode Island’s Test-to-Treat clinic on the West Side – the first of its kind in the U.S. –...
Nation’s first test-to-treat COVID-19 clinic to open in Providence
PROVIDENCE – White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish K. Jha said sick Rhode Island residents should not be shy about coming by to...
Biden administration expands availability of COVID antiviral pill
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden's administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to...
Doctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19
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...
Pfizer pill becomes 1st U.S.-authorized home COVID treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take...