antiviral pill

The COVID-19 pandemic poses another puzzling question that is concerning several patients who have taken Pfizer’s COVID antiviral drug, Paxlovid, and are experiencing rebounding symptoms after initially feeling better. Matthew Boyd, 32, lives on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tested positive for coronavirus on May 6 with a sore throat, sinus congestion and a mucus-filled cough. The next…

The COVID-19 pandemic poses another puzzling question that is concerning several patients who have taken Pfizer’s COVID antiviral drug, Paxlovid, and are experiencing rebounding symptoms after initially feeling better. NBC’s Linda Gaudino reports.

As part of its latest effort to protect New Yorkers, the city offering to send antiviral pills to COVID-infected residents after they test positive. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

As omicron cases drop and New York City looks to emerge from the latest variant wave, city officials say they remain focused on deploying new tools to keep people safe and the virus at bay. Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday that New Yorkers can now access free, same day, at-home oral antiviral pills to combat symptoms of COVID-19. The pills…

As many are fed up with the wait to not only get a test in the city, but also to get their results back, the FDA authorized for emergency use a pill to help treat COVID-19. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal and Adam Harding report.