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Plans to attempt to authorize the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for children under 5 before full data are available appear to have run aground. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday …
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Children aged 5 to 11 can begin to be vaccinated against Covid-19 within the next day or two after an expert panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend booster shots for people who were vaccinated with the …
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Many Americans who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be able to choose which vaccine they would like as a booster after the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency …
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The World Health Organization, acting on a recommendation from its scientific advisers, announced Wednesday that it would broadly roll out a much-needed malaria vaccine, saying pilot testing had shown that …
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An investigational antiviral pill reduced the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 would be hospitalized by about 50%, a finding that could give doctors a desperately needed new way …
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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday granted an emergency use authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine booster, though for now the FDA said use of the booster should …
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After two years of contentious bargaining, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday approved a controversial plan that will dissolve Purdue Pharma, which has been blamed for triggering a widespread …
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the administration of an additional dose of one of the messenger RNA Covid-19 vaccine for people who have certain immunocompromising conditions amid …
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