People in disadvantaged areas are receiving fewer COVID pills - U.S. study

More vulnerable people receiving fewer COVID pills - U.S. study People in socially and economically disadvantaged regions are about half as likely to receive an oral antiviral COVID-19 pill than residents of wealthier zip codes, according to a U.S. government study published on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

... The findings by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed this disparity even as there were more dispensing sites located in high-vulnerability U.S. zip codes than in the more advantaged areas.

The CDC study comes amid government efforts in recent months to boost access to the treatments from Pfizer (PFE.N) and Merck (MRK.N).

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