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Resiliency, climate and China: Lessons from Day 2 of the Fortune CEO Initiative
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The U.S. administered more COVID shots this week than it has since spring
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Behold: Q-Aaron
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Pfizer says its antiviral pill can cut 89% of COVID hospitalizations and deaths
Enlarge / Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan on November 19, 2020. (credit: Getty | Anadolu Agency ) An antiviral pill developed by Pfizer reduced COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by about 89 percent in a trial involving 774 newly infected people at risk of developing severe disease. That’s according to a press release posted Friday by the […]
Wealthy families, encouraged by Henry Kissinger’s lawyer, sank over $400M into Theranos
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes speaks on stage during the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative 2015 on September 29, 2015, in New York City. (credit: JP Yim/Getty Images) Silicon Valley loves unicorns, the privately held startups that surge to $1 billion valuations and beyond. By that measure, Theranos was a very special […]
Nearly twenty months into the global pandemic, infections are again on the rise
The world surpassed 5 million COVID deaths this week. Read More
Nearly 20 months into the global pandemic, infections are again on the rise
The world surpassed 5 million COVID deaths this week. Read More
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Congressional Quarterly) The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency authorization for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. The FDA’s authorization follows the recommendation of its independent advisory committee, which earlier this week voted nearly unanimously in favor of authorizing the vaccine. The […]
Kid COVID-19 vaccines get green light from FDA advisors
Enlarge / A nurse gives a boy a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Florida on the day before classes begin for the 2021-22 school year. (credit: Getty | Paul Hennessy) A panel of independent medical experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted 17 to 0 (with one abstention) […]