Tag: Pandemics
FDA, CDC back Novavax updated Covid vaccine
A vial labelled "Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine" is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. Dado Ruvic | ReutersNovavax's updated Covid vaccine [...]
FDA approves new shots from Pfizer, Moderna
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Mass [...]
Medicare will allow pharma firms to discuss drug price negotiations
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts [...]
Fraudsters stole $200 billion in Covid loans: watchdog
(L-R) Kevin Chambers, Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement, Department of Justice; Hannibal "Mike" Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administ [...]
Drugmakers aim to fight Medicare negotiations at SCOTUS
Chief Executive Officers of pharmaceutical companies testify before the Senate Finance Committee on "Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Chang [...]
Covid Inquiry: Mistake not to consider range of pandemics – David Cameron
David Cameron says "group think" meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases.
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Biden to appoint Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC
Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2021.Bryan Anderson | APPresident [...]
Democrats press Walmart, Costco, Kroger on mifepristone
In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna [...]
AI experts sign doc comparing risk of ‘extinction from AI’ to pandemics, nuclear war
Dozens of artificial intelligence (AI) experts, including the CEOs of OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic, recently signed an open statement publish [...]
Universal flu vaccine based on mRNA tech to be tested by NIH
A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022.Jo [...]
U.S. Covid public health emergency ends
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe U.S. public health emer [...]
U.S loses HIV patent suit against Gilead Sciences over PrEP
The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020.Mike Blake | ReutersA Delaware federal court jury [...]
CVS earnings Q1 2023
CVS Health on Wednesday reported first-quarter results that beat earnings and revenue expectations, but the company lowered its full-year profit guida [...]
Gilead, U.S. fight in court over HIV prevention drug
Gilead Sciences logo displayed on a laptop screen and medical pills are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 18, 2021. ( [...]
Patients may wait years for new drugs
Juanmonino | E+ | Getty ImagesSeniors with early Alzheimer's disease will face major hurdles to get treated even if promising new drugs roll out more [...]