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...

Viatris stock slides 24% as analysts say sale of biosimilars to Indian partner removes key growth driver

Viatris Inc. said Monday it has agreed to combine its biosimilars portfolio with privately held Indian company Biocon Biologics Ltd. for up to $3.335 billion, as part of a broader overhaul of its busi...

Viatris to Sell Biosimilars Business for $3 Billion. Shares Tumble.

Viatris will sell the biosimilars business of the former Mylan to the Indian drugmaker Biocon for as much as $3.3 billion. Dreamstime Text size Viatris , the company formed in 2020 through a merger of...

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 ...

Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Face a New Rival as GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Prepare to Enter the Ring

As new Covid-19 cases fall, the postpandemic vaccine market grows more interesting. On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, two of the world’s largest vaccine makers, said they would submit a Covid ...

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...

Home Depot leads the list of 20 worst performers in the S&P 500 on Tuesday

Slightly positive isn’t good enough for this stock market. While market jitters on Feb. 22 were driven by Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine, the U.S. stock market was also adjusting to the idea...

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...

New Covid wave in Indonesia puts China’s Sinovac to the test

Indonesian Red Cross officers spray disinfectant at the Pondok Bambu residential area in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 10, 2022. This action as an effort to suppress the omicron variant of the corona...

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 ...

8 Biotech Stocks So Cheap That Their Technology Is Effectively Free

Text size A number of biotechs have market values that are less than the cash on their balance sheets. Dreamstime It’s mid-February, and the beleaguered biotech sector is showing no real signs of reco...

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 ...

Instagram and TikTok’s newest pet influencers are cloned cats and dogs

Grief-stricken pet owners who can’t bear to say goodbye to their four-legged friends are driving the latest crop of influencers on social media: cloned cats and dogs. Kelly Anderson said she was...

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...

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 ...

Pfizer delays its FDA application to expand its Covid vaccine to kids under 5 until April

Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday said they were delaying their request for the Food and Drug Administration to authorize their Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5 until early April, waiting on more dat...

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 ...

Pfizer Stock Is Falling. Did Investors Misunderstand the Revenue Guidance?

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks. John Thys/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Text size Pfizer shares dropped sharply after the company’s 2022 sales guidance appeared to fall short of expectations. The guidance tha...

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...

Enphase Energy Stock Jumps. It Has Solved the Solar Supply-Chain Problem.

Text size A general view of solar modules Feng Li/Getty Images Enphase Energy shares were rising sharply Wednesday after the solar energy company’s quarterly earnings and first-quarter guidance barrel...

Enphase Energy’s Earnings and Guidance Top Estimates. The Stock Is Soaring.

Text size A general view of solar modules Feng Li/Getty Images Enphase Energy shares were soaring Wednesday after the solar energy company’s quarterly earnings and first-quarter guidance barreled past...

Pfizer CEO says chances are ‘very high’ FDA will approve low-dose Covid shots for kids under 5

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday said he believes the Food and Drug Administration will authorize the company’s Covid vaccine for children under 5 years old under a fast-track process that al...

Pfizer Stock Fell 2.8%. Did Investors Misunderstand the Revenue Guidance?

Text size Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks. John Thys/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Pfizer shares dropped sharply on Tuesday after the company’s 2022 sales guidance appeared to fall short of expectations. The g...

WHO says new omicron BA.2 subvariant will rise globally

RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...