Norwegian drops pre-boarding COVID testing requirement
Norwegian Cruise Line dropped its pre-boarding COVID-19 testing requirement on Wednesday in a major shift for the cruise industry more...
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Covid Vaccines Prevented Over 200,000 U.S. Deaths In 9 Months, Study Finds
ToplineCoronavirus vaccinations prevented almost 27 million Covid-19 infections, 1.6 million hospitalizations and 235,000 deaths among American adults in the first...
1 in 8 US deaths during pandemic ascribed to COVID-19
COVID-19 accounted for one in eight US deaths from March 2020 to October 2021 and was the third leading cause...
Newest Omicron subvariants can evade boosters, antibody therapies
The latest Omicron subvariants behind new COVID-19 surges in the United States and abroad have an enhanced ability to escape...
Judge: Los Angeles Unified can’t make kids get COVID shots
RICHMOND, CA – NOVEMBER 9: Registered nurse Kris Del Rosario, left, with Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) administers the COVID-19...
Pharmacists can now prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill
The new policy announced Wednesday intends to expand the use of Pfizer's drug Paxlovid. The FDA said pharmacists can start...
F.D.A. Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Pfizer’s Covid Treatment Pills
The Food and Drug Administration added pharmacists on Wednesday to the list of health care professionals who are allowed to...
FDA allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s Paxlovid COVID pill
WASHINGTON — Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to...
‘We’ve seen an increase’: Companies prepared to expand COVID-19 testing in Austin again
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations trend upward again, testing companies and Austin Public Health said they’re...
GM reports worst sales in China since onset of Covid-19 lockdowns
In this articleGMWUHAN, CHINA - 2022/05/18: Employees wearing masks work on a car assembly line at the SAIC General Motors...