• Researchers are studying the symptom rebound phenomenon known as ‘COVID rebound’ or ‘Paxlovid rebound’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to US President Joe Biden, said that he suffered a rebound of COVID-19 symptoms after taking one week course of Pfizer Inc’s (NYSE: PFE) antiviral oral treatment Paxlovid.
Fauci contracted coronavirus earlier this month despite being fully vaccinated and twice-boosted. He was prescribed Paxlovid due to his age — 81 — which puts him at high risk of developing complications.
“After I finished the five days of Paxlovid, I reverted to negative on an antigen test for three days in a row,” Fauci said Tuesday at Foreign Policy’s Global Health Forum.