Pfizer more than doubles price of lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid as US transitions out of pandemic phase | CNN The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 antiviral medication Paxlovid will more than double as the United States transitions out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, drugmaker Pfizer said Wednesday. Meg Tirrell CNN

The list price, before insurance, will be $1,390 for a five-day course, Pfizer said in a statement. That’s 2.6 times higher than the $530-per-course price paid by the US government, which provided Paxlovid free to patients during the pandemic. The Wall Street Journal first reported the new price.

Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients - KFF Health News Some Social Security beneficiaries say the government is clawing back benefits after they received covid stimulus payments that were supposed to be exempt from asset limits. khngabeb KFF Health News

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“The government gave this money to them with one hand. They should not be trying to take it back with the other,” said Jen Burdick, an attorney at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia who has helped many people contest repayment demands.

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Think You Have COVID? Here's The Best Way To Test Yourself Now. There's a chance you've been doing it wrong lately. MSN

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Why Diarrhea Symptoms Happen With COVID-19 Although COVID-19 is largely regarded as a respiratory illness, diarrhea is a common gastrointestinal (GI) symptom that can occur during the early stages of the infection. In some people, diarrhea may be the only symptom. Others may experience persistent diarrhea as a feature of long COVID (a condition in which COVID symptoms persist for more than 12 weeks after the infection has cleared). Yahoo Life

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