"Today's authorization introduces the first treatment for COVID-19 that is in the form of a pill that is taken orally — a major step forward in the fight against this global pandemic," said FDA scientist Patrizia Cavazzoni. AFPPIX: The United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer's anti-Covid pill for high-risk people aged 12 and up, as a surge of cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant threatened holiday plans and Americans struggled to find tests.
The FDA stressed the treatment should complement rather than replace vaccines, which remain the frontline tool against the coronavirus. Companies including Amazon, Walgreens and CVS have capped how many home tests customers can buy. The Biden administration has promised to ship half a billion of the tests starting from next month, but experts have said that figure is too little and too late.“No, I don’t think it’s a failure” that there aren’t enough tests on shelves, the president told the news channel.
But two of his steps to combat the pandemic -- a nationwide vaccine requirement for large employers and a vaccine mandate for health care workers -- will be put to the test, as the US Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will hold a special hearing on January 7 to consider challenges to those policies.
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