BioNTech upgraded to buy on high hopes for combined flu/COVID vaccine and oncology pipeline

Bank of America analysts upgraded BioNTech SE stock to buy from hold on Thursday, citing excitement about its mRNA technology and the outlook for a combined flu/COVID vaccine and oncology vaccines tha...

Senate Passes Defense Bill That Will Lift Military Vaccine Mandate—Sending It To Biden’s Desk

Topline The Senate on Thursday approved a $858 billion military spending bill that passed the House last week and would revoke the military’s Covid-19 vaccine requirement, sending the legislation to t...

DeSantis Flip-Flops From Covid Vaccine Supporter To Most Powerful Critic: Here’s What Happened

Topline Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) early response to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic was to issue some of the most stringent government-enforced restrictions of anywhere in the country, b...

Pfizer and Moderna Shares Break Out. Here’s the Trade.

Drug stocks have been on fire lately, and over the past few weeks, the two leading covid-19 vaccine makers, Pfizer  (PFE) – Get Free Report and Moderna  (MRNA) – Get Free Report, have surg...

FDA authorizes omicron vaccine for kids as young as 6 months

Oliver Harris, 9 months, cries after receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., ...

China’s Zero-Covid Policy Succeeded—Until It Didn’t. Here’s What Went Wrong And What Experts Think Could Happen Next.

Topline China announced it was relaxing some of its strictest Covid restrictions on Wednesday, a major policy shift that suggests Beijing is preparing to abandon its zero-Covid strategy in favor of le...

FDA to decide on Pfizer vaccine for older adults by May 2023

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...

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...

Is COVID Vaccine Maker Moderna Poised To Pop Or Drop?

| Getty Images Key Takeaways Moderna’s stock dropped slightly in early November when it released disappointing financial results for the third quarter of 2022. The company had to slash its original fu...

Venture Capital Firms Are Partnering With Healthcare Organizations To Improve Digital Health

Venture capital (VC) firms are increasingly playing a role in all aspects of healthcare. This is a growing trend globally, as healthcare organizations are eager for the resources, expertise, and capit...

Blockchain Technology May Transform The Future Of Healthcare

Blockchain technology has truly revolutionized the vision for the future of information and data. At the most fundamental level, blockchain technology enables decentralization of data; that is, it all...

Religious employees allegedly fired for not getting COVID-19 vaccine sue Massachusetts pharmaceutical company

Religious employees at a major pharmaceutical company have filed suit in Massachusetts, claiming their employer instructed them to be vaccinated against their beliefs. Norm Pattis, an attorney who rep...

New Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine Is More Effective Than The Original, Study Shows

Topline Pfizer-BioNTech’s new bivalent Covid-19 vaccine—which targets the original strain and some Omicron subvariants—provides more protection against the virus and its omicron variants than its init...

Investors Inhale CanSino Biologics’ Return Today As China’s Big Three Regulators Address Concerns

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets were mixed in advance of today’s Fed decision to raise interest rates another +0.75% with China and Hong Kong outperforming. Yesterday’s rumo...

First RSV Vaccine On The Horizon—Pfizer Touts Strong Trial Results As Children’s Hospitals Count Soaring Cases

Topline Pharma giant Pfizer on Tuesday said it would ask regulators to greenlight a vaccine designed to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, following strong results in late-st...

Walmart Continues Its Rapid Expansion In Healthcare, Announcing 16 New Facilities

Retail giant and household staple Walmart has proven time and again to be a relentless source of value. Having become one of the most well-known national brands over the last few decades, it has staye...

India’s Digital Health Ecosystem Is An Unparalleled Opportunity

The Indian healthcare system is a remarkable phenomenon in many ways. Boasting one of the largest social health programs in the world, in addition to incredible research and development facilities, th...

Pfizer just announced plans to sell its COVID-19 vaccine for at least $110 a dose in 2023 ⁠— that’s a markup of about 10,000%

Pfizer just announced plans to sell its COVID-19 vaccine for at least $110 a dose in 2023 ⁠— that’s a markup of about 10,000% If you plan on getting boosted against COVID-19 this winter, then yo...

Cybersecurity Must Become A Top Priority In Healthcare

As if physician attrition, nursing shortages, and a global sense of burnout isn’t enough to crumble an already exhausted healthcare industry, cybersecurity breaches have become an inescapable plague o...

CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering using the oral polio vaccine for the first time in more than 20 years to stop an outbreak in the greater New York City metropolitan area t...

Tucker Carlson Incorrectly Claims CDC Mandating Kids Get Covid-19 Vaccine For School

Tucker Carlson, seen here in July 2022 with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and former U.S. … [+] President Donald Trump (R), made some claims about the CDC, Covid-19 vaccines, and schoo...

Moderna Stock Takes Off on Cancer Vaccine News

Moderna stock shot up after Merck said it is exercising an option to work on a personalized cancer vaccine with the Covid-19 vaccine maker. Merck (ticker: MRK) will pay Moderna (MRNA) $250 million for...

Norwegian Cruise Line ends Covid-19 testing, masking and vaccine requirements

A Norwegian Gateway cruise ship leaves from the Manhattan port during sunset in New York City, United States on April 10, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Norwegian Cruise Line anno...

Microsoft’s Latest AI Tool Can Predict Missed Doctor’s Appointments

Between the scarcity of trained physicians, nursing staff shortages, and general attrition amongst healthcare workers, securing a doctor’s appointment is not an easy task in the modern day clinical la...

The Biden Administration Announces $8 Billion In Commitments To Address Hunger, Nutrition, And Health Issues

Today, President Biden and key senior officials hosted the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The goal behind the conference is straightforward: to address issues regarding food ...

A single dose of monkeypox vaccine provides some protection against infection, CDC says

Los Angeles, CA – August 10: Luis Garcia, a registered nurse, prepares Monkeypox virus vaccine at St.John’s Well Child & Family Center on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. I...

Healthcare Technology Is Enabling Millions Of People To “Age In Place”

“Aging in Place” refers to individuals aging in their own homes rather than moving into nursing homes or other types of care facilities. This is certainly not new, conceptually—for centuries, many cul...

Canada Lifts Covid Vaccine Mandate For International Travelers

Topline Canada will drop its Covid-19 vaccine requirement for visitors entering the country starting October 1, officials announced Monday, reopening the Canadian border to unvaccinated travelers for ...

Novavax Stock Slides As JPMorgan Cuts Price Target, Lowers Rating

Updated at 11:29 am EST Novavax Inc.  (NVAX)  shares moved sharply lower Thursday after analysts at JPMorgan lowered their rating and price target on the drugmaker following its decision to slash near...

Monkeypox Could Cause Neurological Issues Like Nerve Pain And Brain Inflammation, Researchers Warn

Topline The global outbreak of monkeypox and linked vaccination campaign could lead to a spate of neurological issues like nerve pain, seizures, brain inflammation and mood disorders like anxiety and ...

Polio Outbreak In New York Puts U.S. On List Of Countries Where Virus Circulates, CDC Says

Topline The United States has joined the World Health Organization’s list of countries where polio is circulating owing to the spread of vaccine-derived virus in New York, the Centers for Disease Cont...

Three Covid Vaccine Doses Better Than Two Against Omicron Infections, New Study Reinforces

Topline Three doses of a Covid-19 vaccine provide stronger protection against the highly contagious omicron variant than two primary series doses, according to a new Danish study, a finding that provi...