Paxlovid: Major new study into whether it can treat long Covid

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out Experts hope the antiviral may help those who have never fully recovered from Covid. NBC News

Paxlovid — the most widely-used medication that people can take at home to treat an active case of Covid — is now being studied as a potential treatment for those who have remained sick months or even years following infection.

"There are people out there who are still suffering," said Dr. Linda Geng, the co-director of the Stanford Post-Acute Covid-19 Syndrome Clinic in California. "We need to find effective therapies."

There are no proven treatments for long Covid.

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