A treatment that kills the COVID-19 virus can also prevent disabling Long COVID, reports an expansive new study, spurring calls to expand access to the medication.People who took the antiviral drug Paxlovid soon after infection were 26% less likely to have symptoms three months later, according to an analysis of electronic medical records of more than 50,000 Veterans Health Administration patients at risk of severe illness.
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