“[We’ve] been fortunate to obtain Pfizer’s Paxlovid through the HRSA Health Center COVID-19 Therapeutics Program,” said TCCH nursing director Nancy Hall, referring to the Health Resources and Services Administration initiative to provide treatment access to communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. “Paxlovid is completely free from our pharmacy, regardless of a patient’s health insurance.”

Despite the variety of treatments authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, Hall stressed vaccination remains the agency’s preferred first line of defense against the virus.

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