In major decision, WHO recommends broad rollout of world’s first malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization, acting on a recommendation from its scientific advisers, announced Wednesday that…
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NIH Director Francis Collins to step down
WASHINGTON — Francis Collins, the pioneering genetics researcher and longtime director of the National Institutes…
Two scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for how we sense temperature and touch
Two California-based scientists have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday…
Merck’s antiviral pill reduces hospitalization of Covid patients, a possible game-changer for treatment
An investigational antiviral pill reduced the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 would be…
Advisory committee recommends wide swath of Americans be offered Covid-19 vaccine boosters
A vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to recommend that a wide swath of Americans should…
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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid-19 booster for people over 65 or at high risk
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday granted an emergency use authorization to Pfizer and…
Johnson & Johnson says additional dose boosts Covid vaccine efficacy
Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a large, global study showed its Covid-19 vaccine is…
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine generates robust antibody response in children, without serious safety issues, company says
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said Monday that they would file for authorization of their…
STAT+: Senate considers pegging Medicare drug prices to deeply discounted Veterans Affairs rates
WASHINGTON — Senate lawmakers are actively considering pegging the prices Medicare pays for drugs to…
Congress demands documents from FDA on controversial approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have requested data and documents from the Food and Drug Administration related…
Judge approves Purdue’s controversial bankruptcy plan, paving the way for immunity for Sacklers
After two years of contentious bargaining, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday approved a…
FDA grants full approval to Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer, BioNTech
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Covid-19 vaccine developed…
U.S. health officials recommend booster shots against Covid-19
U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get Covid-19 booster shots to shore up their…
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FDA authorizes additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine for the immunocompromised
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the administration of an additional dose of…
Anti-aging research pioneer Aubrey de Grey placed on leave over sexual harassment allegations
Aubrey de Grey, the jet-setting gerontologist who co-founded the SENS Research Foundation to discover ways…
Efficacy of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine slips to 84% after six months, data show
The efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech fell from 96% to…
CDC to recommend masks indoors even for some vaccinated against Covid-19
Federal health officials will recommend Tuesday that even people who’ve had their Covid-19 shots wear…
States reach $26 billion deal with three wholesalers and J&J to end opioid lawsuits
Three of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers and a major drug maker reached a $26 billion…
STAT+: Medicare starts process that could limit access to Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Monday announced the agency will start a process that could…
FDA calls for federal investigation into its controversial Alzheimer’s drug approval
The head of the Food and Drug Administration has called for a wide-ranging federal investigation…
STAT+: Purdue reaches deal with 15 states in a significant step toward bankruptcy plan approval
Fifteen states have agreed to drop their long-standing objections to a contentious bankruptcy plan to…
STAT+: FDA, under fire from critics, revises prescribing information for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday changed the prescribing label for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s treatment…
FDA grants historic approval to Alzheimer’s drug designed to slow cognitive decline
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease…
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in adolescents
The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to let adolescents between the ages of 12…
New analysis finds global Covid death toll is double official estimates
A new analysis of the toll of the Covid-19 pandemic suggests 6.9 million people worldwide…
U.S. will back proposal to waive patent rights and boost Covid-19 vaccine production
In a significant move to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. government agreed to support…
CDC advisory panel backs J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine, clearing way for pause to be lifted
An expert panel on Friday recommended that the United States resume use of Johnson &…
U.S. urges pause on use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after rare blood clotting cases
Federal authorities on Tuesday recommended that states stop using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine while…
In rare instances, AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine linked to blood clots, regulators say
The European Medicines Agency has concluded there is a link between AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine and…
1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds
Six months after being diagnosed with Covid-19, 1 in 3 patients also had experienced a…
Pfizer and BioNTech say vaccine prevents Covid-19 in adolescents
Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that their Covid-19 vaccine prevented symptomatic disease and was well-tolerated…
‘Real world’ study by CDC shows Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective
A new study suggests the messenger RNA vaccines produced by Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech partnership…
Pushing back against U.S. health officials, AstraZeneca says new analysis confirms efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine
Rejecting sharp criticism from U.S. government scientists, AstraZeneca said Wednesday night that its Covid-19 vaccine…
Moncef Slaoui, former head of Operation Warp Speed, fired from company board over sexual harassment allegations
Moncef Slaoui, the former scientific director of Covid-19 vaccine development efforts at Operation Warp Speed,…
‘I was sort of stunned’: Fauci and U.S. officials say AstraZeneca released ‘outdated information’ from Covid-19 vaccine trial
U.S. health officials raised concerns early Tuesday that positive results that AstraZeneca announced Monday for…
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine shows better-than-expected efficacy in U.S. trial
AstraZeneca said Monday that the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with the University of Oxford reduced…
Biden will compel states to make vaccines available for all adults by May 1
WASHINGTON — The White House will compel state, local, and tribal governments to make Covid-19…
CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can spend time together indoors and unmasked
WASHINGTON — People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can now spend time together…
FDA authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued an emergency authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine…
New data shed light on efficacy of J&J’s single-dose vaccine against Covid-19
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the single-shot Covid-19 vaccine developed…
Biden to nominate Brooks-LaSure to oversee CMS
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a health policy consultant and veteran…
Arthritis drug cuts deaths in hospitalized Covid-19 patients, major study shows
Tocilizumab, a drug usually used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, reduced the rate for death in…
Johnson & Johnson submits application for Covid-19 vaccine to FDA
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Thursday it has applied to the Food and Drug…
J&J one-dose Covid vaccine is 66% effective, a weapon but not a knockout punch
Johnson & Johnson said Friday that its single-dose Covid-19 vaccine reduced rates of moderate and…
STAT+: FDA delays approval decision for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s treatment
The Food and Drug Administration is delaying its decision on Biogen’s closely watched Alzheimer’s drug…
Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective, but far less so against one variant
A Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax proved nearly 90% effective in preliminary results from a key…
South Carolina identifies the first U.S. cases of coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa
Health authorities have identified the first U.S. cases of Covid-19 caused by a fast-spreading form…
U.S. will have enough Covid-19 vaccines for 300 million Americans by end of summer, Biden says
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to purchase another 200 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from…
In a major setback, Merck to stop developing its two Covid-19 vaccines and focus on therapies
Merck said Monday it will stop developing both of the current formulations of the Covid-19…
Genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander to lead science policy for Biden
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden on Thursday nominated Broad Institute president Eric Lander to serve as…