Cathy Dozal gets her second booster shot against COVID-19 from Vocational nursing student, Patricia Lizardo, at Long Beach City College in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Brittany Murray | Me...
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CDC director says high immunity in U.S. population provides some protection against omicron BA.2
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday said there is enough immunity in the U.S. population to provide some protection against the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant, which could help stave of...
Biden administration to launch long Covid research plan
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second COVID-19 booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditor...
Senators reach $10 billion Covid funding deal for therapeutics, vaccines and testing
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging v...
More contagious omicron BA.2 is on track to displace others in U.S.
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 The more contagious ...
FDA says Covid vaccines may need to be updated to ensure high level of effectiveness against virus
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Va...
Myocarditis risk higher after Covid infection than vaccination, CDC finds
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images People infected with Covid-19 face a higher risk of...
CDC will end Title 42 used to expel migrants during Covid
Pedestrians wait to cross into the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry border crossing bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Cesar Rodriguez | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Centers for...
Senators reach deal on $10 billion in Covid relief funding, Romney says
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks through the Senate Subway on his way to a security briefing for senators on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2022. Elizabeth...
Biden warns U.S. won’t have enough Covid vaccine shots without aid from Congress
U.S. President Joe Biden receives a second coranavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination after delivering remarks on COVID-19 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium ...
Biden speaks about U.S. fight against Covid
[The stream has ended.] President Joe Biden gave a speech Wednesday about the fight against Covid-19 in the U.S. The president’s remarks come a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
Top FDA official says fully vaccinated Americans may need more Covid shots this fall
Nathan Jacobs, of Boston gets his Covid Booster shot from Sassy Yogurtian at City Hall on December 9, 2021 in, in Boston, MA. Stuart Cahill | MediaNews Group | Getty Images People in the U.S. might ne...
More contagious omicron BA.2 Covid subvariant dominant in the U.S., CDC says
A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, January 12, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dom...
Omicron BA.2 subvariant will soon dominate in U.S., but Fauci doesn’t expect another surge
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Omicron’s more contagious subv...
Moderna vaccine for young kids up to 44% effective against omicron
With her husband Stephen by her side Erin Shih hugs her children Avery 6, and Aidan, 11, after they got their second Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Friday...
FDA advisory committee to discuss future of Covid boosters
A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, September 29, 2021...
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla received $24.3 million in total compensation for 2021
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Bel...
Merck’s Keytruda reduced risk of disease recurrence or death in early lung cancer patients by 24%
Stefanie Joho, 27, stands for a portrait at the home of a friend in Penn Valley, PA on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Joho, who was diagnosed with colon cancer at 22 years old, has been in remission since Febr...
Biden taps Dr. Ashish Jha as Covid response head, succeeds Jeff Zients
Dr. Ashish Jha is pictured in Providence, RI on Dec. 3, 2020. Jonathan Wiggs | Boston Globe | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday named Dr. Ashish Jha as his new Covid-19 response coordinator...
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold more than $400 million of company stock during the pandemic
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold $408 million in company stock since the beginning of the pandemic — averaging roughly $3.6 million a week...
White House says U.S. will run out of money to fight pandemic
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...
Leaders of NATO countries discuss plans to meet in Brussels next week, officials say
A view of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Foreign Ministers gather at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, March 4, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Reuters The heads of state repr...
Vaccine maker stocks rise as China battles worst Covid outbreak since 2020
Health workers dressed in protective clothing give nucleic acid tests to men at a mass testing site to prevent COVID-19 on March 14, 2022 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images Shares of the m...
Moderna CEO’s golden parachute soared by hundreds of millions over the pandemic
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Moderna’s board of directors approved a golden parachute for CEO Stephane Bancel worth more than $926 million at the end of last year, u...
NYC Health Commissioner Chokshi says Covid pandemic has left U.S. with new epidemic of loneliness
Dr. Dave Chokshi is the Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. As another Covid-19 wave recedes across the country, the full toll of the pandemic on our emoti...
U.S. far from normal with Covid deaths much higher than flu: report
Nurse practitioner Deborah Beauplan administers a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing site set up for Suffolk County, New York. Newsday | Getty Images The U.S. has a long way to go before the p...
Moderna reaches preliminary agreement to build Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in Africa
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...
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...