FDA authorizes first pills for COVID-19 treatment

WASHINGTON (KAMR/KCIT) - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization for Pfizer's Paxlovid, a packaged mixture of pills intended to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults, and children over 12 years old, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are at high risk of severe impacts from the virus. According to the FDA, Paxlovid is available by prescription only and should be initiated as soon as possible after a diagnosis of COVID-19 and within five days of sym