COVID Pills Cause Deadly Relapses and Supercharge Mutations

Pfizer's new antiviral pill Paxlovid is receiving high-profile attention - the vice president even took it when she contracted COVID.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• So far, all of the drugs developed against COVID-19 have been disastrous in one way or another. Remdesivir, which to this day is the primary COVID drug approved for use in U.S. hospitals, routinely causes severe organ damage and, often, death

• Despite that, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved remdesivir for in-hospital and …