Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
Philadelphia keeps indoor mask mandate in place despite Florida judge ruling against CDC
A shopper wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus selects fruit at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke | AP Philadelphia health officials are keeping the city’s newly reinstated indoor mask mandate in place despite a federal judge’s ruling in Florida that struck down a federal requirement […]
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Moderna says its redesigned Covid vaccine produced stronger immunity against omicron than current shots
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Giorgio Companies site in Blandon, PA where the CATE Mobile Vaccination Unit was onsite to administer Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines to workers, April 14, 2021. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Reading Eagle via Getty Images Moderna on Tuesday released clinical data demonstrating that […]
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J&J lowers 2022 revenue and earnings expectations, stops giving Covid vaccine sales guidance
Syringes and a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday lowered its full-year sales and earnings outlook, and stopped providing Covid-19 vaccine revenue guidance due to a global supply surplus and demand uncertainty. J&J is now forecasting 2022 sales of $94.8 […]
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WHO is tracking omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as they spread through Africa and Europe
Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are circulating at low levels in several countries within Southern Africa and Europe, according to the World Health Organization. The two subvariants of the highly contagious Covid-19 strain have been detected in Botswana, South Africa, Germany and Denmark, among other countries, WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19 Maria Van Kerkhove said […]
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Uninsured face surprise medical bills for Covid testing, hospital treatment after U.S. Congress fails to fund pandemic aid program
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 People who don’t have health insurance are now being charged $100 or […]
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WHO says Covid still a global public health emergency even as deaths fall to lowest level in two years
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The World Health Organization on Wednesday said Covid-19 remains a global public health emergency despite the fact that deaths from the virus have fallen to their lowest level since the […]
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Covid outbreaks in New York and D.C. infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.
A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Covid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New York City and Washington, D.C. resulting in senior government officials coming down with the virus as the more contagious omicron […]
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WHO says it closely watching China as it grapples with its worst Covid surge of the pandemic
The World Health Organization on Monday said it is monitoring a major surge in Covid cases in mainland China, an outbreak that local officials have attributed to the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant. Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of WHO’s immunization and vaccine program, said the agency is in contact with public health authorities in China […]
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‘Grim milestone’ reached in Ukraine with more than 100 attacks on health facilities and transportation, WHO says
A mother holds her newborn baby in the bomb shelter of a maternity hospital on March 02, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters The World Health Organization on Thursday condemned Russia’s more than 100 attacks on health-care facilities and transport vehicles, including ambulances, in Ukraine over the last six weeks — in violation […]
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U.S. has until June to decide whether we need new Covid shots for this fall, FDA official says
A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, September 24, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters The FDA has until the early summer to decide whether vaccine makers need to change existing Covid shots to target different virus […]
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