Pfizer seeks OK of updated COVID vaccine booster for fall
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives —...
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Fauci, face of U.S. COVID response, to step down from government posts
Immunologist served as adviser to seven presidentsFauci was vilified by Trump and Republican lawmakersHe faced death threats over pandemic policiesAug...
Remember norovirus on cruises? Cases plummeted after covid measures.
One apparent result of the measures cruise lines have taken against covid-19: Outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness have been far lower...
School is about to start. How will NY handle COVID, monkeypox, polio risks?
With schools starting in just a couple weeks, the state is rolling out overhauled COVID-19 policies that ease quarantine and...
Guest post: What happened when we tried to get a paper claiming ‘billions of lives are potentially at risk’ from COVID-19 vaccines retracted
In February, the editor-in-chief of Food and Chemical Toxicology published an editorial calling for “Papers on potential toxic effects of...
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID booster targeting omicron BA.5 under FDA review
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech have submitted their new COVID-19 booster – that targets the omicron subvariant BA.5 – to the...
Dr. Anthony Fauci to step down from his role as NIAID director in December
Dr. Anthony Fauci will step down from his roles of director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
Overlapping emergencies strain the nation’s public health workforce and threaten critical vaccination campaigns
Health officials are banking on vaccinations to contain monkeypox and polio before those become standing threats in the United States....
Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Americans Could End by Fall, Prices Are Likely To Go Up
Saving Money / Health peterschreiber.media / Getty Images/iStockphoto The days of the government providing free COVID-19 vaccines are coming to...
Pfizer asks FDA to authorize Covid booster shots that target omicron BA.5 for people ages 12 and older
In this photo illustration, vials and a medical syringe seen in front of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of...