Pandemics
Children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for omicron Covid vaccines
Luca Moore, 11 months, receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while his mother Dr. Danielle Smith holds him at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., June 22, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday signed off on omicron vaccines […]
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Omicron subvariants that more easily dodge immunity are causing more than 70% of U.S. infections
People wait to take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at a pop-up testing site in New York City, July 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The most immune evasive omicron subvariants yet are now causing more than 70% of new infections in the U.S., as millions of Americans prepare to travel and gather with family for […]
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Marijuana industry sales slow down after pandemic surge
A customer lights a joint at Lowell Farms, America’s first official Cannabis Cafe offering farm-to-table dining and smoking of cannabis in West Hollywood, California, October 1, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters After enjoying a sales surge during the pandemic, the U.S. cannabis industry is showing signs of a slowdown as it faces economic and regulatory […]
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Long Covid’s financial devastation: $8,000 in credit card debt, ruined retirement plans
Teresa Harding Source: Teresa Harding It took three months for Teresa Harding to open her termination letter. “I couldn’t look at it,” Harding, 47, said. For seven years, she’d worked at a pain management center in Lexington, Kentucky. “I enjoyed my co-workers and our patients. “It was a fun, exciting job,” she added. But after […]
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Property to vote on repeal of Pentagon’s Covid vaccine mandate for U.S. troops
A United States Marine gets the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at Camp Foster on April 28, 2021 in Ginowan, Japan. Carl Court | Getty Photographs The Home of Representatives is established to vote Wednesday on a sweeping protection invoice that would repeal the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. troops. The amendment to do away with […]
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FDA expected to decide on Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults by May 2023
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by spring whether to approve Pfizer’s vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in adults ages 60 and older. Pfizer, in a statement Wednesday, said the FDA has accepted its RSV vaccine candidate for review under an expedited process that reduces the approval process by […]
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Omicron boosters are weaker against BQ.1.1 subvariant that is rising in U.S., study finds
Covid shots designed to protect against the omicron variant trigger a weaker immune response against the rapidly emerging BQ.1.1 subvariant than the previously dominant strain, according to a new lab study. Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in a study published online Tuesday in Nature Medicine, found that the booster shots performed well […]
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Pfizer rejects Moderna claim it copied Covid vaccine, accuses rival of rewriting history
Pfizer has rejected allegations made by rival Moderna that its Covid-19 vaccine is a copy, accusing the Boston biotech company of rewriting history to lay claim to technology developed by a field of scientists over many years. Pfizer asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Monday to dismiss Moderna’s lawsuit seeking monetary damages for alleged […]
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CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of Covid, flu and RSV over the holidays
The Centers for Disease Control Prevention on Monday encouraged people to wear masks to help reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses this season as Covid, flu and RSV circulate at the same time. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, in a call with reporters, said wearing a mask is one of several everyday precautions that people can […]
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Biden administration will end monkeypox public health emergency
People line up to get a monkeypox vaccination at a new walk-up monkeypox vaccination site at Barnsdall Art Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 in Hollywood, CA. Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Biden administration will end the public health emergency declared in response to the monkeypox outbreak, as […]
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