Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
CDC expects monkeypox outbreak to grow as total cases surpass 1,400 and vaccine demand outstrips supply
A person arrives to receive a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July 15, 2022. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed more than 1,400 monkeypox infections across 44 states and territories in the U.S. and said it […]
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Biden could declare a public health emergency to expand abortion access, but it would face a tremendous legal fight
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on reproductive rights as Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra listens during an event at the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 8, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images President Joe Biden is weighing whether to declare a public health emergency to […]
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Texas sues to block Biden from requiring doctors to provide abortions in medical emergencies
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Texas […]
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FDA authorizes Novavax Covid vaccine for adults as the first new shots in U.S. in more than a year
In this photo illustration the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novavax logos are seen behind a medical syringe and vials. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has authorized Novavax’s two-dose vaccine for adults ages 18 and over, the fourth Covid shot to get emergency approval in the U.S. […]
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Pharmacies risk violating civil rights laws if they deny access to drugs that can be used for abortion, HHS says
Shoppers wait in line at the pharmacy of a Walmart store in Charlotte, North Carolina. Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday warned U.S. retail pharmacies that they risk violating civil rights law if they deny access to medication used in abortions under certain circumstances. The HHS […]
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Covid hospitalizations have doubled since May as omicron BA.5 sweeps U.S., but deaths remain low
People hospitalized with Covid-19 have doubled since early May as the even more transmissible omicron BA.5 subvariant has caused another wave of infection across the country, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. But deaths from Covid still remain relatively low given the number of infections right now, the officials said. Dr. Ashish Jha, who coordinates the […]
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WHO to convene second emergency meeting to decide if monkeypox is a global health threat as cases rise to 9,200
Health officer uses a thermal head to detect a monkeypox virus on arriving passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia on May 15, 2019. Jepayona Delita | Future Publishing | Getty Images The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it will convene a second emergency meeting next week to decide if monkeypox […]
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Physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies, regardless of state law, HHS says
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 30, 2021. Shawn Thew | Pool | Reuters Physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies under federal law and will […]
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Perrigo unit asks FDA to approve first ever over-the-counter birth control pill
A pharmacist holds the compound PiDaNa of the company HRA Pharma in Hamburg, Germany. Daniel Reinhardt | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Perrigo Company said on Monday its unit HRA Pharma has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a daily birth control pill for over-the-counter sale, the first such request for this […]
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Teva lied about opioid role, New York says
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the Office of the Attorney General in New York on May 9, 2022, to make an announcement about protecting access to abortion. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images New York’s attorney general on Monday said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries lied to evade […]
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