The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by spring whether to approve Pfizer’s vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in adults ages 60 and older. Pfizer, in a sta...
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Omicron boosters weaker against BQ.1.1 subvariant
A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow | dpa | Picture A...
Pfizer rejects Moderna claim it copied Covid vaccine, accuses rival of rewriting history
Pfizer has rejected allegations made by rival Moderna that its Covid-19 vaccine is a copy, accusing the Boston biotech company of rewriting history to lay claim to technology developed by a field of s...
Can You Catch A Cold From Being Cold? Scientists Say Yes, And It Turns Out The Answer Was Right Under Our Noses
Topline A newly discovered immune response inside the nose could explain why respiratory illnesses like RSV, Covid, the common cold and flu thrive in winter, according to research published Tuesday in...
Chinese Stocks Rally As Beijing Signals Reopening—But Economists Divided Over Covid Rebound
Topline Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rallied on Monday and the renminbi jumped against the dollar, a positive sign of returning investor confidence amid rising public discontent and ongoing economic t...
FDA pulls antibody bebtelovimab because not effective against omicron BQ.1
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters A key monoclonal antibody used to treat peopl...
Fauci calls out a bad job of vaccinating elderly
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related ...
Domestic and international tourist crowds traveling in Japan
I thought I managed to beat the tourist crowds on my recent trip to Japan. On my first night in Osaka, I managed to get a picture with the famed Glico sign without anyone else in the background. Zoom ...
U.S. criticizes Beijing, supports right to protest
People hold white sheets of paper and flowers in a row as police check their IDs during a protest over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in mainland China, during a commemoration of the vict...
Flu hospitalizations increase nearly 30% as U.S. enters holiday season
Susana Sanchez, a Nurse Practitioner, administers a flu vaccination to Loisy Barrera at a CVS pharmacy and MinuteClinic in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitalizations have increased...
Why investors may want to add retail ETFs to their cart
‘Tis the season for shopping — and maybe for some investors: ETFs. Despite consumer headwinds tied to the economic slowdown, Amplify ETFs’ Brian Giere sees opportunities in retail. “...
Omicron BQ variants dominant, XBB circulating at low level
A person receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 22, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The omicron ...
Measles poses threat to kids as vaccinations declined due to Covid
A growing number of children around the world are vulnerable to measles as vaccination rates have declined to the lowest levels since 2008, global health leaders warned on Wednesday. The Covid-19 pand...
Abortion pill most common way to end pregnancy, CDC says
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters ...
Fauci to cooperate with House Republican into Covid origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus during the White House press briefing on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Tom Williams...
Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now
A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza has claimed the lives of 74 Californians under the...
Pfizer says omicron booster is better against new subvariants like BQ.1.1
A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow | dpa | Picture A...
Biden asked to declare emergency over RSV, flu kids hospitalizations
Kazuma Seki | Istock | Getty Images Doctors are calling on the Biden administration to declare an emergency in response to an “alarming surge” of children hospitalized with respiratory syn...
FDA may approve over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray, autoinjectors
Naloxone, packaged with instructions, is one of the items given out by the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition outreach workers. Amy Davis | Baltimore Sun | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administratio...
As flu hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the Southeast is the hardest hit
Enbal Sabag, a Nurse Practitioner, prepares a flu vaccination for a patient at the CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic on September 03, 2020 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitali...
U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus dis...
U.S. extending Covid public health emergency through spring, administration official says
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus dis...
Omicron BQ variants resistant to antibody treatments are becoming dominant in U.S.
Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments will soon make up a majority of new Covid infections in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Omicron subvaria...
Healthy infants face considerable risk of RSV hospitalization: study
Even healthy infants face a considerable risk of hospitalization from respiratory syncytial virus, according to a large European study published Thursday. Dutch and British scientists, in a study publ...
Kentucky rejects anti-abortion constitutional amendment
Counter-protestors hold signs in front of a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentuckys state constitution, on the steps of the Kentucky ...
Novavax (NVAX) Q3 earnings
In this photo illustration a silhouette of a man holding a medical syringe and a vial seen displayed in front of the Novavax logo on a screen. Cezary Kowalski | Lightrocket | Getty Images Novavax post...
Flu hospitalization rate highest in a decade, kids and seniors most at risk
The U.S. is facing the highest flu hospitalization rates in more than a decade with children and the elderly most at risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu and respirat...
Pfizer releases data showing omicron boosters are better than old shots
A health worker administers a dose of Pfizer covid-19 vaccine to a man at the Sanford Civic Center. With the emergence of the Omicron covid-19 variant in numerous countries, including the United State...
Moderna (MRNA) Q3 earnings 2022
A vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2022. Ha...
Pfizer CEO reveals growth plan as company faces up to $18 billion revenue hit
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with European Commission President after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmac...
Long Covid is affecting women more than men, national survey finds
A woman receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a sport stadium during the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Vina del Mar, Chile, April 22, 2021. Rodrigo Garrido | Re...