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Mar 10 2024
05:51 am
By: bizgrrl

From the New York Times, Your 2024 Guide to Covid Symptoms and Treatment

The most common Covid symptoms haven’t changed much since the start of the pandemic...fatigue, sore throat, congestion, runny nose, headache, body aches and cough. Less common symptoms include pink eye, or experience gastrointestinal issues, like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea... Less common as well are the loss of taste and smell.

...as of mid-February, more than 21,000 people were hospitalized with Covid, and there had been roughly 10,000 Covid-related deaths in 2024.
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The antiviral pill Paxlovid is very effective against severe Covid, reducing the risk of death by 73 percent if taken within the first five days of an infection, according to a preliminary study conducted by the National Institutes of Health. Experts urged people who are high-risk to contact their doctors about getting a prescription as soon as they have symptoms or test positive.

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