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Shipping is scheduled to start later this month. the government is also setting up a hotline to request the free tests. well, meanwhile, pfizer says several lab studies show the antiviral drug is effective against the omicron variant. the pill was given emergency use authorization, if you remember, last month in the u.s. for limited treatment of covid-19. pfizer tested the drug against multiple variants of the virus, finding it blocked an enzyme needed for the virus to replicate. the company says it will continue to monitor patients using the drug. now, new data shows just how much harder ...

Turning to the latest on covid, there are signs that omicron is fading, infections are declining across the u.s., while deaths continue to rise. there is plenty of covid to go around. in fact, we continue to see different lab studies deal with learning about this evolving and mutating virus. there's a new one raising lots of interest. 33 scientists finding that cbd can prevent covid from replicating. they observed real-life patients. experts say a clinical trial could be needed to draw conclusions. this is a study about learning what's working, it is not advice about what to take to fight covi...

Merck's COVID-19 pill effective against omicron in lab studies

There's no place in the united states with a higher positivity rate than d.c. right now, many of these infections are in fully vaccinated people which is why i think our hospitals are going to hold in d.c. where i work at gw, covid hospitalizations are up but we still have capacity. >> that actually brings me right to my next question there. are indications from both public health officials and kind of research that we've seen from overseas that this variant is less severe than past strains in particular, delta. what are you seeing in patients and how do patients who run vaccinated compare wit...

Omicron is, is still in flux. >> reporter: there is some preliminary data that suggests it could be mild. first, early lab studies have found omicron may not attack the lungs like other variants. >> omicron replicates, multiplies in the upper airway and less well in the lung >> reporter: second, in south africa where omicron first took off, the headlines this weekend are stoking optimism hospitalizations are down 91% >> we can say one thing, it's not more severe what they have seen in south africa is they have had lower rates of hospitalization almost 1/3 less hospitalization than with the del...