Tag: Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
U.S. confirms nation’s first case of omicron Covid variant in California
U.S. health officials have confirmed the country's first case of the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant called omicron in California, the Cen [...]
FDA panel narrowly endorses Merck pill, despite reduced efficacy
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Tuesday narrowly endorsed the use of Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' oral Covid treatment pil [...]
Fauci says omicron Covid variant has already been found in 20 countries, but not yet in the U.S.
In this photo illustration, a hand holding a medical syringe with words that say omicron covid-19 variant in the background.Rafael Henrique | Light [...]
Pfizer CEO confident Covid treatment pill effective against omicron variant
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Monday that he expects the company's Covid-19 treatment pill to be effective against the omicron variant of the vi [...]
Moderna says an omicron variant vaccine could be ready in early 2022
A registered nurse applies a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Sarasota Hospital worker Larry Hammers, 62, at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital [...]
Fauci says U.S. should prepare to do anything to fight omicron variant
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and [...]
U.S. in ‘active communication’ with South African scientists about Covid variant
White House Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci gives his opening statement before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on "Nex [...]
WHO calls special meeting to discuss new Covid variant from South Africa with ‘large number of mutations’
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the sit [...]
WHO tells fully vaccinated to wear masks, physically distance
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nat [...]
Are Covid vaccine mandates ethical? Here’s what medical experts think
Protesters rally against vaccine mandates on November 20, 2021 in New York City.Stephanie Keith | Getty ImagesEthical justificationJulian Savulescu [...]
Breakthrough Covid infections are more common than people realize
Anyone who received a Covid vaccine in the earliest stages of the rollout should register for their booster shots because "there's probably more in [...]
White House says no Covid lockdowns as European nations implement restrictions
Jeff Zients, White House Covid-19 coordinator, speaks during a news conference at the White House on April 13, 2021.Leigh Vogel | Bloomberg | Getty [...]
CDC panel to vote on Pfizer, Moderna Covid boosters for all adults
[The stream is slated to start at noon ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]The Centers for Disease Control a [...]
All U.S. adults can get Pfizer, Moderna boosters after CDC gives final OK
A patient receives a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot at a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, on Sept. 29, 2021.Emily Elconin [...]
Covid cases rise yet again in U.S. ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
A resident sorts her free groceries as others wait in line at the food pantry of the Fourth Presbyterian Church amid the ongoing coronavirus diseas [...]