The Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 oral pill named Paxlovid for at-risk people over the age of 12 years, becoming the first at-home oral treatment to be approved by the FDA. (NBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 drug developmentCOVID-19 pandemic in North AmericaCOVID-19 pandemic link embed save