Biotechnology
CDC will end sweeping order used to expel migrants at U.S. borders during Covid pandemic
Pedestrians wait to cross into the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry border crossing bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Cesar Rodriguez | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lift a sweeping public health order that has allowed the U.S. to expel more than […]
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A human genome has finally, fully been decoded
Fotohunter | Getty Images Mission accomplished — or close enough, anyway. That was the message scientists sent to the world in 2003 when they announced that the human genome had been sequenced, assembled and was essentially complete — with a few seemingly minor gaps. In reality, the effort to quantify and identify the genetic code […]
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Senators reach tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding, Romney says
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks through the Senate Subway on his way to a security briefing for senators on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached a tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding, less than half […]
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Biden warns U.S. won’t have enough Covid vaccine shots this fall if Congress fails to pass funding
U.S. President Joe Biden receives a second coranavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination after delivering remarks on COVID-19 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that the U.S. will not have enough Covid vaccine shots […]
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Watch live: Biden speaks about fight against Covid as more contagious omicron BA.2 gains ground
[The stream is slated to start at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to give a speech Wednesday about the fight against Covid-19 in the U.S. The president’s remarks come a day after the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Top FDA official says fully vaccinated Americans may need more Covid shots this fall
Nathan Jacobs, of Boston gets his Covid Booster shot from Sassy Yogurtian at City Hall on December 9, 2021 in, in Boston, MA. Stuart Cahill | MediaNews Group | Getty Images People in the U.S. might need another Covid booster shot this fall as public health experts expect immunity from the vaccines to wane and […]
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More contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant now dominant in the U.S., CDC says
A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, January 12, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dominant version of Covid-19 in the U.S., according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. The […]
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FDA authorizes fourth Pfizer Covid vaccine dose for people age 50 and older
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a fourth Pfizer Covid vaccine dose for everyone age 50 and older, amid uncertainty over whether an even more contagious version omicron will cause another wave of infection in the U.S. as it has in Europe and China. Pfizer, in a statement on Tuesday, said the FDA also […]
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Moderna wants to give FDA ‘flexibility’ in deciding eligibility for 4th Covid shot, CEO says
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told CNBC on Thursday the drugmaker wanted to provide U.S. regulators “flexibility” in determining eligibility for a fourth Covid vaccine dose. Moderna submitted its application last week for a so-called second booster, asking the Food and Drug Administration to clear the additional shot for all Americans ages 18 and up. The biotech […]
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Omicron BA.2 subvariant will soon dominate in U.S., but Fauci doesn’t expect another surge
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 Omicron’s more contagious subvariant, BA.2, has more than doubled in prevalence over the past two weeks in the U.S. and now represents more than 34% of Covid-19 infections that […]
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