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The U.S. bets billions of dollars on better COVID-19 boosters as it prepares for a spike in COVID-19 cases in the coming months
The U.S. is gearing up for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall and winter following a flurry of…
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Black patients were rarely included in clinical trials — until the COVID-19 vaccines. Will these changes stick?
Stephanie Walker, a Black retired nurse who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2015, has never been asked to…
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Novavax is part of the FDA’s COVID-19 booster debate, but its vaccine still hasn’t been authorized
Novavax’s NVAX, +0.86% COVID-19 vaccine candidate played a front-and-center role during this week’s debate about how best to update the…
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FDA advisers say the U.S. needs updated COVID-19 boosters to fight omicron
The U.S. should pursue a COVID-19 booster strategy that focuses on developing new shots that better protect against omicron and…
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Elmo gets the COVID vaccine, and says ‘there was a little pinch, but it was OK’
Meet “Vaccinate Me Elmo.” The little red Sesame Street character revealed on Twitter on Tuesday that he just got his…
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Medical groups warn of ‘negative mental-health outcomes’ after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
A post-Roe America means millions of women seeking abortions will face a new set of mental-health challenges, three national organizations…
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Pfizer says updated COVID-19 booster can provide more protection against super-contagious omicron
Pfizer says changing its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and effective. The update, in a…
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If the Roe v. Wade reversal is pro-child, where’s the help with child-care costs?
Now that a conservative-majority Supreme Court has banned legal abortion, many Americans are understandably worried about broader reproductive freedom and…
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CDC panel backs Moderna vaccine for children aged 6 to 17, and study finds vaccines saved about 20 million lives in their first year
A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to recommend Moderna’s COVID vaccine…
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Dr. Fauci’s COVID case was ‘mild’ thanks to being vaccinated and double-boosted, he says
““I think I am an example, given my age, of what we’re all talking about today: I’m vaccinated, I’m doubly…
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