Pandemics
Look at live: Senate International Affairs Committee holds a listening to on U.S.-China coverage and competition
The Senate Overseas Relations Committee is holding a hearing titled “Analyzing U.S.-China Plan in the Period of Severe Levels of competition.” The listening to comes two times just after President Joe Biden highlighted China’s more and more intense strategies as a danger to the sovereignty of the U.S. through his State of the Union address […]
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Watch live: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on the debt ceiling
(The stream is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will deliver an address Monday on the debt ceiling. His speech comes a day before President Joe Biden is scheduled to give the annual State of […]
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Hispanic dialysis patients face 40% higher risk of staph infection than whites, CDC says
Hispanic dialysis patients face a 40% higher risk of developing a staph bloodstream infection compared with whites, underscoring economic and racial disparities in the U.S. health-care system, according to new data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adults on dialysis for kidney failure were 100 times more likely to contract staph […]
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U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall. Here’s what that means
A pharmacist delivers a COVID-19 booster dose at a Chicago CVS store in October. Antonio Perez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The U.S. will stop buying Covid shots at reduced price for the entire country and shift vaccine distribution to the private market as soon as early fall, shifting the cost to U.S. […]
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GOP attorneys general warn CVS, Walgreens against mailing abortion pill in their states
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Republican attorneys general in 20 states warned CVS and Walgreens this week against mailing […]
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The Covid pandemic drives Pfizer’s 2022 revenue to a record $100 billion
Empty vials of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) children’s vaccines are pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 19, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic propelled pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s earnings to a record $100 billion last year, almost $57 billion of which was driven by its vaccine and antiviral pill Paxlovid, […]
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The end of the Covid health emergency won’t slow FDA clearance of shots and treatments
Vials and a medical syringe seen displayed in front of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States logo. FDA finds the COVID-19 vaccine. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said its emergency authorizations of Covid vaccines, tests and treatments will not be impacted by […]
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Pfizer expects 2023 sales to decline as much as 33% compared with record-breaking 2022
Vials containing the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are displayed before being used at a mobile vaccine clinic, in Valparaiso, Chile, January 3, 2022. Rodrigo Garrido | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday issued sales guidance of $67 billion to $71 billion for 2023, a decline from its record-breaking 2022 results. The pharmaceutical company booked […]
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Obamacare enrollment to open this spring for people losing Medicaid after pandemic protections end
Millions of people in the U.S. are at risk of losing Medicaid this year when coverage protections put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic come to an end in April. To make it easier for these individuals to transition to other coverage, the Health and Human Services Department has announced a special enrollment period for […]
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Observe: Biden touts most recent infrastructure project, changing a 150-calendar year-old prepare tunnel in Baltimore
U.S. President Joe Biden is in Baltimore on Monday to laud the hottest undertaking funded by his Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation, highlighting the state’s ideas to switch a 150-12 months-outdated tunnel that operates Amtrak trains concerning Washington, D.C., and New York City. The present Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel opened through the Ulysses S. Grant administration and […]
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