A health official prepares a syringe with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine prior to administering it during a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive in Nairobi on September 17, 2021. Simon Maina | AFP | Getty Im...
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U.S. will defend NATO Baltic states against Russia, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks to U.S. Embassy staff at the Vilnius Rotuse in Vilnius, Lithuania March 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Reuters Secretary of State Anthony Blinken o...
New Jersey will end omicron health emergency, NYC to lift indoor vaccine mandate
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks to volunteers as he meets with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, November 2, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters New Jer...
Pfizer, Moderna project $51 billion in combined vaccine sales this year
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Pfizer and Moderna expect $51 bill...
More than 90% of U.S. population can ditch facemasks under CDC Covid guidance
US President Joe Biden holds up a KN95 mask as he delivers an update on his Administrations whole-of-government COVID-19 surge response at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2022. Jim W...
WHO says war in Ukraine will increase Covid transmission
People carry their suitcases as they arrive in Poland after crossing a border check point on February 27, 2022 in Kroscienko, Poland. Omar Marques | Getty Images The WHO on Wednesday said the mass dis...
Biden says U.S. will deploy new Covid vaccines within 100 days if another variant emerges
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Imag...
Pfizer Covid vaccine was just 12% effective against omicron in kids 5 to 11, study finds
Nora Gossett, 7, reacts as she receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Sophia Jan, MD, while her father Jeff Gossett, MD, holds her hand at Cohen Children’s Medical Center as vaccines...
hospitals could run out of oxygen supplies in 24 hours, WHO
A woman holds a child as people arrive at a train station converted into a refugee center, at the border control between Poland and Ukraine, after Russia launched a massive military operation against ...
CDC relaxes Covid guidance allowing most people to ditch masks if hospitalizations remain low
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covid-19 hospitalizations in their communities remain ...
Transmissibility, severity, reinfection of Omicron BA.2 subvariant
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A more contagious subvariant of omicron, known as BA.2, is spreading across the globe and could soon become the dominant version of Covid-19. It’s now th...
Moderna says Covid is entering an endemic phase, but annual vaccines will be needed
Maryland National Guard Specialist James Truong (L) administers a Moderna coronavirus vaccine at CASA de Maryland’s Wheaton Welcome Center on May 21, 2021 in Wheaton, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla ...
Moderna (MRNA) Q4 2021 earnings
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration ahead of a free distribution of over the counter rapid Covid-19 test kits to people receiving their vaccines or boosters at Union Station in...
CDC says waiting longer between Pfizer, Moderna doses may reduce myocarditis risk
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Ler...
Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates
A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. health official...
California lays out plan to live with Covid for the long-term, fight future surges and new variants
A COVID-19 testing location is shown set up on the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles, California, November, 16, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters California on Thursday laid out a plan that manage Covid as a ...
CDC wants to give people a break from wearing masks as pandemic improves, director says
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the ...
Moderna CEO says it’s ‘reasonable’ to think pandemic may be in its final stages
Moderna’s CEO Stephane Bancel said it’s “reasonable” to assume that we may be approaching the final stages of the pandemic. “I think that is a reasonable scenario,”...
Babies are protected from hospitalization for Covid if their moms get vaccinated, study suggests
Michelle Melton, who is 35 weeks pregnant, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, February 11, 2021. Hanna...
Senate confirms Biden FDA pick Califf, despite objections to drug industry ties
Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Bi...
Moderna, Pfizer stocks fall as Covid omicron wave subsides in U.S.
Moderna vaccines are prepared for application at a United States military vaccination centre at Camp Foster on April 28, 2021 in Ginowan, Japan. Carl Court | Getty Images Shares of the major Covid vac...
Shots for kids under 5 delayed due to low Covid cases in trial
The Food and Drug Administration’s plan to fast-track Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children under 5 years old was delayed because of a “low number of cases overall in the clinical tria...
FDA plan to fast-track Pfizer vaccine for kids under 5 fails
Parents of children under 5 will have to wait until at least April to get their kids vaccinated against Covid-19, after the Food and Drug Administration and Pfizer this week abruptly delayed plans to ...
No one knows when the pandemic will end after omicron upended most hope
Residents wait in line at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senior U.S. health official...
FDA committee votes against Eli Lilly cancer treatment over concerns trials conducted only in China
The outside of the Food and Drug Administration headquarters is seen in White Oak, Md. Al Drago | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images A Food and Drug Administration committee on Thursday recommended against f...
New York Gov. Hochul expected to lift indoor mask mandate
[The stream is slated to start at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to drop the state’s strict indoor ...
Growing sales as Covid vaccine demand fades
CVS Health will face a new challenge in the coming year: proving to investors it can drive growth and retain customers, even as demand for Covid vaccines and testing fades. Shares were down more than ...
New York state lifts indoor mask mandate as surge in omicron cases subsides
A person wearing a face mask leaves a store on January 26, 2022 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images New York is dropping its strict indoor mask mandate as the surge in Covid-19 cases a...
CDC tells health officials to expect first shipments of young kids’ Covid shots by Feb. 21
A healthcare worker prepares to administer Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at an elementary school vaccination site for children ages 5 to 11-year-old in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 22, 20...