Patients Go Without Covid-19 Treatments Amid Drug Shortage

February 2, 2022

(Wall Street Journal) – Doctors and patients are trying to figure out how to obtain Covid-19 treatments under a patchwork system set up by states that are directing the distribution of limited supplies. A shortage of antiviral pills and effective antibody drugs—and difficulties obtaining them—are frustrating efforts to keep Covid-19 patients out of overwhelmed hospitals. States say they are getting a fraction of what they need to meet demand for treatments that can prevent the disease from progressing to the point of hospitalization. That is a concern for some hospitals that are dealing with staffing shortages and a daily crush of sick patients, even as the wave of cases driven by the Omicron wave recedes elsewhere.  (Read More)