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Dreams of a New COVID Pill Panacea Have Been Dashed

NOT OVER YET

Two newly approved antiviral drugs will be important weapons against COVID, but experts fear they will not solve all of our problems.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency-use authorization to two prescription COVID pills that patients with mild-to-moderate infections can take at home and that, to varying degrees, can prevent the worst outcomes.

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