Pfizer asks FDA to expand use of Covid vaccine to kids under 5

A student gets help with his mask from transitional kindergarten teacher Annette Cuccarese during the first day of classes at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, CA on Wednesday, August 11, 2021...

Moderna Stock: Will FDA’s Covid Vaccine Approval Extend Sales?

Moderna stock jumped Monday after the Food and Drug Administration fully approved its Covid vaccine for all adults. X Previously, the vaccine was allowed under emergency use authorization. The full ap...

Moderna Faces Challenges Beyond the Covid Vaccine. Its Stock Is Still a Buy for the Long Term.

In 2019, four pharmaceutical giants shared virtually all of the $33 billion worth of vaccine revenue earned worldwide. The pandemic has upended the vaccine business. Moderna has sold or contracted to ...

Evangeline Lilly Is The Latest Celebrity To Rail Against Covid Vaccines Or Mandates

 Since the first approved Covid-19 vaccine was administered in the U.S. in December 2020, these celebrities have spoken out against vaccination or mandates requiring them, with some spreading toxic mi...

What We Know About Fourth Covid Vaccine Doses—Including If We Might Need One

Topline The increasing number of Covid-19 infections reported in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted has prompted some governments to launch campaigns to give their citizens a second booster s...

Covid vaccine skepticism fueling wider anti-vax sentiment, doctors say

Protestors demonstrate against Covid vaccine mandates outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York, on January 5, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters Skepticism toward Covid-19 vaccines could be fuel...

Pfizer and BioNTech launch clinical study of vaccine targeting omicron

A ten year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Pfizer...

RFK Jr., Proud Boys And Holocaust Imagery

Topline Protestors marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on Sunday in objection to the Covid-19 vaccine mandates, drawing an array of sometimes controversial ...

Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protesters March On D.C.

Topline Protestors began marching on Washington D.C. Sunday, planning to march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in objection to the Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Demonstrators partici...

Why Moderna, Pfizer and the NIH debate who owns the Covid vaccine

It’s been well over a year since a landmark proposal brought the issue of patent waiver for the mRNA Covid vaccine to the spotlight. But many observers don’t see that waiving the intellect...

Losses Top $130 Billion After Scientists Find Covid Boosters Aren’t Halting Omicron Infections

Topline Battered by a steep broad-market selloff this week, Moderna shares fell for a sixth-straight day Friday as experts questioned whether Covid-19 vaccine sales alone will help justify the firm...

Valneva Shares Jump After Early Study Show Covid-19 Vaccine Effective Against Omicron

Topline Three doses of Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine neutralized the omicron coronavirus variant in early laboratory studies, the French biotech announced Wednesday, boosting its share price and adding t...

Pfizer Covid Vaccine For Kids Under 5 Could Be Authorized In The Next Month, Fauci Says

Topline Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine will hopefully be approved  for children under 5 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration “within the next month or so,” White House chief medical adviso...

Fauci says FDA could authorize Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids under 5 in the next month

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 White House chief medical advisor Dr...

The Supreme Court’s Ruling On Vaccine Mandates Threatens The Federal Government’s Ability To Protect Public Health

AFP via Getty Images Public health law expert Lawrence Gostin explains how the Supreme Court’s ruling against OSHA’s ability to implement a vaccine-or-test mandate could potentially undermine the fede...

Majority Of Americans Still Want Employer Vaccine Mandates After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Policy, Poll Finds

Topline A majority of Americans continue to believe employers should require their workers to get vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a Morning Consult poll, after the U.S. Supreme Court temp...

Breast Milk Contains Covid Genetic Material But Infected Mothers Won’t Transmit Virus Through Breastfeeding, Study Finds

Topline Breastfeeding women infected with Covid-19 cannot transmit the virus through breast milk, according to a peer reviewed study published in Pediatric Research Tuesday, validating a small number ...

Here’s Why A Leaked Letter From Carhartt’s CEO Sparked An Online Debate On Vaccine Mandates

Topline American workwear brand Carhartt found itself in the crossfire of the culture wars after a letter from the CEO informing employees the company will continue to mandate coronavirus vaccinations...

4th Vaccine Shot Likely ‘Not Good Enough’ To Protect Against Omicron, Israeli Researcher Says

Topline A fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose may provide only limited protection against infection from the omicron variant, an Israeli researcher studying the shots said Monday based on preliminary finding...

Can NFT-Based Identities Combat Vaccine Fraud?

As the pandemic continues to rage throughout Europe, governments are forced to navigate a tricky path with competing forces on different sides. In a bid to avoid the kind of all-out draconian lockdown...

Thailand’s Baiya Phytopharm working on plant-based Covid vaccine

Thailand’s Baiya Phytopharm wants to develop the country’s first plant-based Covid vaccine. The start-up, founded by Dr. Suthira Taychakhoonavudh and Dr. Waranyoo Phoolcharoen in 2018, has...

GE suspends Covid vaccine and testing rules after Supreme Court blocks Biden mandate

An employee helps install a traction motor onto the truck of a General Electric Evolution Series Tier 4 diesel locomotive at the GE Manufacturing Solutions facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Luke Sharrett...

Moderna and Novavax Stocks Get Whacked by Supreme Court’s Vaccine Decision

Text size A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images Novavax stock and shares of other vaccine makers fell Friday after the...

President Biden Is Deploying The Military To Support Hospitals Overwhelmed With Covid-19

Yet again, hospitals and healthcare systems are getting crushed by Covid-19. For many healthcare professionals and front-line workers, this is eerily reminiscent of March 2020, when much was still unk...

Biden vows Covid vaccine push after Supreme Court ruling on vaccination mandate

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule

A demonstrator holds a “Freedoms & Mandates Don’t Mix” sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments on two federal coronavirus vaccine mandate measures in Washington, D.C...

Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for the global south

Workers transport a shipment of the Cuban Soberana Plus vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be donated by the Cuban government to Syria, at Jose Marti International Airport in ...

Moderna Expects Vaccine Data For Kids Ages 2-5 By March

Topline Modern announced Wednesday it aims to report data of the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 2-5 by March, and hopes to evaluate its booster shot for those ages 12-17 as Covid-re...

Bill Gates Believes Covid-19 May Eventually Be Treated Like The Seasonal Flu; Here’s What That Means

As variant after variant of Covid-19 has boldly emerged over the last two years, public health experts and individuals worldwide have the same question in mind: when will the world be free of this dev...

Covid vaccine programs could end with third dose, Israeli doctor says

An Israeli nurse receives a fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, on December 27, 2021. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images...

Pfizer CEO says two Covid vaccine doses aren’t ‘enough for omicron’

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...

Covid vaccine could be cleared in multiple countries soon

The Novavax coronavirus vaccine could be cleared by regulators for use in multiple countries, including the U.S., in the coming months, the vaccine maker’s CEO said Monday. The company has filed...