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COVID-19 Rebound after taking Paxlovid likely due to Insufficient Drug Exposure, study finds

Human lung epithelial cells (blue) infected by SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 virus (red) isolated from a patient with COVID-19 rebound after Paxlovid treatment.

Paxlovid rebound patient did not show drug resistance or impaired immunity. Paxlovid is the leading oral medication for preventing severe cases of COVID-19 in high-risk individuals. However, symptoms returned in some patients after treatment was completed, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a health advisory on this so-called “COVID-19 rebound.”

In a study published June 20, 2022 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine evaluated one such patient and found their symptom relapse was not caused by the development of resistance to the drug or im...

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