Antiviral treatments like Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill have been shown to reduce hospitalization and death from COVID by as much as 90%. But so far, these treatments have been hard to find. Yesterday the White House announced a series of steps it was taking to fix that problem.

• Plus, why more people of color are buying guns in the U.S.
• And, Harvard examines its ties to slavery.

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• Harvard commits $100 million to redress ties to slavery