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[TRENDING NEWS] Will High Vaccination Rates Help Spain Weather New Variant?

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Author: BY NICHOLAS CASEY - Publish Date: December 2, 2021 at 11:47PM Spain surpassed others in Europe by avoiding politicized debate about Covid shots. Citizens also largely heeded the health guidance from their leaders.

[TRENDING NEWS] What Red Flags? Elizabeth Holmes Trial Exposes Investors’ Carelessness

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Author: BY ERIN GRIFFITH - Publish Date: November 5, 2021 at 02:19AM Start-up investors have often suspended skepticism while chasing a hot deal. The trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, has put that behavior under the spotlight.

[TRENDING NEWS] Sales of Biogen’s costly new Alzheimer’s drug fall far short of expectations.

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Author: BY REBECCA ROBBINS - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 11:51PM The drug, Aduhelm, brought in $300,000 in revenue in its first full three months of availability. The company expects the drug to generate minimal revenue for the rest of the year.

[TRENDING NEWS] Should Pregnant People Get a Covid Booster?

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Author: BY TRISHA PASRICHA - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 01:19AM Experts strongly agree that the shots benefit the mother as well as the fetus.

[TRENDING NEWS] With Biden’s Agenda in the Balance, Lobbying Kicks Into High Gear

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Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER - Publish Date: October 5, 2021 at 01:54AM Business interests are using ads and other efforts to cajole Democrats to change or kill a $3.5 trillion social policy bill.

[TRENDING NEWS] Merck desarrolló una pastilla para tratar la covid. Esto es lo que debes saber

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Author: BY REBECCA ROBBINS - Publish Date: October 5, 2021 at 12:14AM Las píldoras son eficaces y relativamente baratas, pero es poco probable que estén disponibles para todos los enfermos de covid.

[TRENDING NEWS] The European Medicines Agency said that a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be given to healthy adults.

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Author: BY MONIKA PRONCZUK - Publish Date: October 5, 2021 at 12:03AM The E.U.’s main drug regulator also said that extra doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines can be given to those with underlying health conditions as early as 28 days after the second dose.

[TRENDING NEWS] What You Need to Know About Merck’s New Covid Treatment Pill

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Author: BY REBECCA ROBBINS - Publish Date: October 2, 2021 at 12:20AM The pills are effective and relatively cheap, but they are unlikely to be available for everyone with Covid.

[TRENDING NEWS] Side effects from a third vaccine dose are similar to those from the second, a C.D.C. report finds.

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Author: BY BENJAMIN MUELLER - Publish Date: September 29, 2021 at 12:24AM The finding came from a study of Americans who got their third vaccine dose in August and September, and provided a reassuring sign about the safety of additional doses.

[TRENDING NEWS] Ohio Judge Reverses Order Requiring Covid Patient to Be Given Ivermectin

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Author: BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR AND TIFFANY MAY - Publish Date: September 7, 2021 at 11:37PM An intubated patient was prescribed the deworming drug by his doctor. Federal health officials have said that it has not been shown to be effective against the coronavirus and that it can be toxic in humans.

[TRENDING NEWS] Health experts keep warning against using ivermectin as a Covid treatment. Some Americans refuse to listen.

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Author: BY ALYSSA LUKPAT AND EMMA GOLDBERG - Publish Date: September 5, 2021 at 03:11AM The drug has spared hundreds of millions of Africans from serious parasites, but clinical trials have repeatedly failed to show that it is effective against Covid. Still, U.S. demand is high.

[TRENDING NEWS] Health officials warn people not to treat Covid with a drug meant for livestock.

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Author: BY EDUARDO MEDINA - Publish Date: August 22, 2021 at 02:16AM “You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden presses Congress to move on prescription drug-price controls.

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Author: BY JONATHAN WEISMAN - Publish Date: August 13, 2021 at 12:48AM President Biden singled out drug prices as an issue he wants included in the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social policy bill, including allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices.

[TRENDING NEWS] Purdue Pharma’s Creditors Overwhelmingly Endorse Bankruptcy Plan

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Author: BY JAN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: July 28, 2021 at 12:39AM If approved by a judge next month, the plan would resolve thousands of lawsuits and set in motion the release of $4.5 billion to help cover costs from the opioid epidemic.

[TRENDING NEWS] Drug Companies to Pay N.Y. More Than $1 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuit

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Author: BY SARAH MASLIN NIR - Publish Date: July 20, 2021 at 11:47PM Three drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson are also on the verge of a $26 billion deal to settle the thousands of nationwide lawsuits.

[TRENDING NEWS] F.D.A. Requests Federal Investigation of Alzheimer’s Drug Approval

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Author: BY REBECCA ROBBINS - Publish Date: July 10, 2021 at 12:48AM The agency’s acting head said a review should look into whether any interactions between agency staff and the drug developer, Biogen, broke F.D.A. rules.

[TRENDING NEWS] In a Reversal, F.D.A. Calls for Limits on Who Gets Alzheimer’s Drug

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Author: BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND PAM BELLUCK - Publish Date: July 9, 2021 at 12:54AM The agency faced criticism for approving Aduhelm for all Alzheimer’s patients. The new label recommends that the drug be given only to patients with mild symptoms.

[TRENDING NEWS] Should People With Immune Problems Get Third Vaccine Doses?

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Author: BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI - Publish Date: July 5, 2021 at 01:23AM France is handing out third shots of the two-dose vaccines to cancer patients and others with immune system impairments. In the United States, patients like these are on their own.

[TRENDING NEWS] Singapore allows Sinovac shots, but casts doubt on their effectiveness.

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Author: BY MIKE IVES - Publish Date: June 20, 2021 at 03:55AM Singapore is allowing 24 private health clinics to administer the vaccine. But it has not added it to the national vaccination program.

[TRENDING NEWS] Singapore allows Sinovac shots, but casts doubt on their effectiveness.

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Author: BY MIKE IVES - Publish Date: June 20, 2021 at 03:55AM Singapore is allowing 24 private health clinics to administer the vaccine. But it has not added it to the national vaccination program.