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Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations
Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit…
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FDA panel to review Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children aged six month to 4 years on June 15
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday an advisory panel would meet June 15 to discuss use of the vaccines…
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Philadelphia reinstates face-mask mandate for students and teachers, and WHO head warns pandemic ‘most certainly not over’
Philadelphia has reinstated a face-mask mandate for students and teachers that comes into effect Monday, in its latest move to…
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CDC panel to review booster shot for 5- to 11-year-olds with U.S. cases up 57% from two weeks ago
A team of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Thursday to review a third dose…
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Bavarian Nordic shares surge on order for monkeypox vaccine amid Europe outbreaks; one case in the U.S
Shares of a Danish pharmaceutical group surged on Thursday after the company received an order for its vaccine to treat…
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U.S. COVID cases at highest levels since November, while Northeast and Midwest are above delta peak
COVID cases continued to rise across the U.S. on Monday and were trending at the highest levels seen since late…
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Abortion-rights vote fails in Senate as Democrats try to codify Roe v. Wade
A bill that would preserve access to abortion across the U.S. failed in the Senate on Wednesday, as a lone…
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Former global leaders urge U.S. to commit $5 billion to global COVID battle, urge Biden to take more forceful role at Thursday summit
A group of former global leaders, among them Gordon Brown, the U.K. prime minister from 2007 to 2010, is calling…
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New study finds omicron no less severe than earlier variants, and not just more transmissible
A new study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School among others has found that the omicron variant of the…
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Several people who attended weekend White House correspondents dinner have since tested positive for COVID
A handful of people who attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night have tested positive for…
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Trump-backed JD Vance wins Ohio Republican Senate primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bestselling author JD Vance has won Ohio’s contentious and hyper-competitive GOP Senate primary, buoyed by Donald Trump’s endorsement in…
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Omicron caused spike in deaths in vaccinated people, analysis finds, though unvaccinated remain most at risk
The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 that has swept across the U.S. since late last year has…
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Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade in draft decision, Politico reports
In a massive but not entirely unexpected blow to abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court intends to strike down the…
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San Francisco–area transit system reinstates face-mask mandate, and FDA committee is set to review Novavax vaccine in June
San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system is reinstating a face-mask mandate for riders, making it the only big transit…
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AstraZeneca 1Q Rev $11.39B
By Cecilia Butini AstraZeneca PLC said Friday that it expects sales of its Covid-19 medicines, including its vaccine, to decline…
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Experts dismayed by response to face-mask mandate ruling as airlines immediately drop requirement — in some cases midflight
Experts were dismayed Tuesday at the response to a federal judge’s ruling that struck down the U.S. face-mask mandate covering…
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WHO says omicron variant now accounts for 99.2% of global COVID cases and warns that people are still developing severe disease and dying
The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 accounted for 99.2% of all cases sequenced in the latest week,…
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CDC to extend travel mask requirement for 2 weeks amid rising COVID cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it…
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BA.2 subvariant of omicron accounted for almost 94% of global cases in latest week, the latest sign of how dominant it has become
The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 accounted for 99.8% of global new cases in the latest week,…
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FDA panel endorses a lower dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for booster shot
U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna MRNA, +3.23%’s COVID-19 vaccine at least six months ago…
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American Airlines and Southwest to defy Texas ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates as lines harden, while Minnesota becomes latest hot spot
Two of the biggest employers in Texas, American Airlines Group AAL, -3.28% and Southwest Airlines Co. LUV, -2.09%, have said…
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Biden administration set to sue Texas over new abortion law
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to sue Texas over its new law banning most abortions, people familiar with…
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Revolut plans 2021 credit card launch in bid to crack US market
Revolut intends to launch a credit card for its US users as soon as the end of this year, as…
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Opinion: What does a strong reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
If someone gets a headache or feels a bit under the weather after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s become common…
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