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...

Restauranteur says he spends around $750,000 on security to deal with unruly diners

Cameron Mitchell, chief executive of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, told CNBC on Wednesday that unruly diners have cost his business $750,000 a year, on top of supply chain snarls and rising inflation ...

Singapore to waive quarantine for all vaccinated travelers post-omicron

The transit hall of Changi International Airport in Singapore on Jan. 12, 2022. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore intends to allow vaccinated visitors from all countries to skip...

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...

Black-led VC fund aims to even the playing field for minority health-tech start-ups

Scientist analyzing medical sample in test tube. Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Dr. Derrell Porter knew he had a good idea: a company that provides a platform to help researchers develop ...

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...

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, February 14

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Futures steady after comments from Russia’s top diplomat Traders on the floor of the NYSE...

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...

Covid mask mandate lifted because hospitals OK

A recent sharp drop in Connecticut’s Covid hospitalizations allowed the Democratic governor there to feel comfortable dropping the state’s mask mandate, effective later this month. “...

Mental health damage could last a generation

Medic with face mask. Haris Mulaosmanovic / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images Aside from the obvious physical impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, health professionals have told CNBC that many people are stru...

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...

CVS Health (CVS) Q4 2021 earnings beat expectations

A teen receives her Pfizer Covid-19 booster at a CVS pharmacy in New York City on Jan. 20th, 2022. Adam Jeffery | CNBC CVS Health said Wednesday that demand for at-home Covid tests and booster shots l...

Plastic surgery is booming thanks to remote work and social media

Plastic surgery has been booming over the past decade. Pop culture and social media helped to influence a new generation of people being proud and transparent about cosmetic enhancements. But in 2020,...

These ‘money disorders’ may be contributing to your growing debt

The average American has $90,460 of debt. Experts say a significant amount of this can be explained by what they call “money disorders.” Money disorders is an umbrella term for recurring a...

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...

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...

Johnson & Johnson plant pauses Covid vaccine production, report says

Syringes and a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The only Johnson & Johnson facility currently making usable batches of the companyR...

Pfizer (PFE) earnings Q4 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...

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, February 7

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street edged up after S&P 500, Nasdaq score best weeks of 2022 Traders work on the flo...

China’s zero-Covid policy ‘won’t work’ with omicron: Epidemiologist

China’s strict zero-Covid approach won’t be able to limit the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant, according to a U.S. epidemiologist. Beijing may not be able to use the same &...

Though rare, Moderna Covid vaccine recipients have higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer

Moderna’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine is associated with a higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, but the benefits of both companies’ shots outweigh the risks, according to a...

Moderna’s Covid vaccine for teens awaits OK as regulators review heart inflammation risk

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images For months, the authorization of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for teenagers has been o...