Enlarge / Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Getty | Shawn Thew) US officials are comparing the ultratransmissible omicron coronavirus variant to a natural disaster as the country […]
Enlarge / A health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly resident at Ichilov medical center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg ) As the ultra-transmissible omicron coronavirus variant bears down on the US, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced […]
Enlarge COVID-19 patients as young as 12 can now be treated with Paxlovid, an antiviral pill developed by Pfizer , after the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Wednesday. “Today’s authorization introduces the first treatment for COVID-19 that is in the form of a pill that is taken orally—a major step […]
Enlarge / Scott Atlas, a White House adviser, used his position to advocate for allowing the SARS-CoV-2 virus to spread and tried to block testing for it, which would further that goal. (credit: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Images ) Over the past few months, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has been investigating […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Noam Galai ) The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use as a single booster dose in teens ages 16 and 17 . The particular authorization stands to expand access to boosters amid a crushing wave of delta transmission, fears over the looming omicron variant, […]
Enlarge / A Merck sign stands in front of the company’s building on October 2, 2013, in Summit, New Jersey. (credit: Getty | Kena Betancur) In a 13-to-10 vote, advisors for the Food and Drug Administration narrowly supported authorizing Merck’s Thor-inspired antiviral pill molnupiravir for use against severe COVID-19. The FDA’s panel of advisors—the Antimicrobial […]
Enlarge / 19 November 2021, Hamburg: A tray of prepared syringes for booster vaccinations with Moderna’s vaccine. (credit: Getty | Picture alliance ) The Food and Drug Administration has authorized booster doses of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for all people ages 18 plus up, the companies announced separately this morning. The boosters […]
Real Water sold in jugs. (credit: FDA) At least 25 people in two states were likely poisoned by toxic batches of the “Re2al Alkalized Water,” including five children who suffered acute liver failure and one person who died. That’s according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday, which lays […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Chip Somodevilla) The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, agency insiders told The New York Times Tuesday. The reported timeline is remarkably fast-paced for the regulatory agency and comes as members of the Biden administration […]
Enlarge / Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Biogen Inc. shares soared after its controversial Alzheimer’s disease therapy was approved by US regulators. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg ) Seniors throughout the US will see a hefty increase to their health care premiums next year thanks in large part to Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, which is […]