Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
Eli Lilly’s ‘game-changing’ diabetes drug could boost the stock, SVB Securities says
Eli Lilly ‘s new diabetes drug, which may also address obesity in patients, could lead to even more gains for the company’s stock, according to SVB Securities. Analyst David Risinger initiated coverage of Eli Lilly with an outperform rating, saying in a Sunday note that investors are failing to price in the potential of tirzepatide, […]
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Pfizer says third Covid vaccine shot for kids under 5 is 80% effective against omicron
A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a child at vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech’s three-dose Covid vaccine for children six months to 5-years-old was 80% effective at preventing illness during the omicron wave, according […]
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World Health Organization confirms 80 cases of monkeypox with outbreaks in 11 countries
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner | CDC via AP The World Health Organization has confirmed […]
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CDC urges older Americans to get Covid booster shots as hospitalizations soar again
Shana Alesi administers a second COVID-19 booster shot to Army veteran Robert Hall at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on April 01, 2022 in Hines, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week urged older Americans to get a Covid booster shot to increase their protection against the […]
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb says rising monkeypox cases suggest it’s spread ‘pretty wide’
The rising number of monkeypox cases in the U.S. and Europe suggest the virus has already spread widely across communities, but it won’t likely cause a major epidemic like Covid, Pfizer board member and former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday. “Now that there’s been community spread, it may be hard to […]
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Health officials confirm first U.S. case of monkeypox virus this year in Massachusetts
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 U.S. health officials late Wednesday confirmed a case of the monkeypox virus in Massachusetts, the first to be reported across […]
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CDC panel recommends Pfizer booster shot for kids ages 5 to 11 as Covid cases rise across the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine experts recommended a Pfizer Covid booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday, as infections rise across the country and immunity from the first two doses wanes off. The committee voted 11-1 in favor of a booster for the age group. CDC Director Rochelle […]
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‘A dereliction of duty:’ U.S. lawmakers grill FDA commissioner over baby formula shortage
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. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. lawmakers on Thursday grilled Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf about a nationwide […]
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CDC now investigating 180 cases of kids with acute hepatitis of unknown cause
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating 180 cases of children who suddenly developed severe hepatitis across 36 states and territories, an increase of 71 cases since the public health agency’s last update earlier this month. […]
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U.S. faces unnecessary Covid deaths if Congress fails to pass funding bill, top health official warns
Top U.S. health officials on Wednesday reiterated their calls for Congress to pass funding for the nation’s fight against Covid-19, warning that failure to act now would result in an unnecessary loss of life in the fall and winter. Their warning comes as new infections and hospitalizations are on the rise as the more transmissible […]
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