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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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Is Moderna misunderstood? Can Biogen turn a profit in Alzheimer’s disease? And what went wrong with the latest Covid-19 pill? We cover all that and more this week on “The …
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Some 115,000 health care workers died from Covid-19 from January 2020 to May of this year, according to a new World Health Organization estimate, as the agency pushed once again …
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The U.S. Covid-19 vaccine rollout is about to get a lot more complicated. When the shots arrived late last year, the message from health officials was simple: Get vaccinated when …
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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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Amid controversy over global access to Covid-19 vaccines, Pope Francis lent his moral authority to the debate and urged drug makers to make their intellectual property available so that other …
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Booster shots for all adults six months after being vaccinated against Covid-19 are safe, effective, and badly needed. The United Kingdom and the European Union have authorized them for all …
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Historic yet imperfect. That’s how I think of the World Health Organization’s recent endorsement of the long-awaited malaria vaccine, officially known as RTS,S/AS01, or simply as RTS,S. This recommendation follows …
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For an archived version of live coverage of the hearing of the FDA’s advisory panel, click here. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Friday that booster shots should be …
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