Amid shortages of the antiviral treatment, state health departments are distributing their share to local pharmacies, health systems and long-term care facilities as they see fit.
in January alone. While cases of omicron are declining nationwide, there are still more than 140,000 hospitalizations, and thousands of people are dying from Covid daily.
Little did Robinson know, but California’s health department has not sought to restrict Paxlovid’s availability only to those at the very highest risk of hospitalization and mortality.According to an NBC News survey of state health departments, only a few — including those in Michigan, Minnesota and New Mexico — have established systems that limit access. Those states direct clinicians to only prescribe Paxlovid to the highest-risk patients.
Medical ethicist Dr. William Parker argued that the available Covid treatment supply should be more strictly dispensed based on narrow criteria.
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