Pfizer, BioNTech launch phase 1 trial on combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine
(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer and BioNTech have launched a clinical trial on a vaccine targeting both COVID-19 and influenza,... Read More.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals to pay New York $523 million to settle claims from its role in opioids crisis
(NEW YORK) -- Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Thursday to pay New York $523 million to settle claims stemming from the... Read More.
Pulse oximeters need to be improved for people of color, FDA panel says
(NEW YORK) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel suggested on Tuesday that pulse oximeters should be improved... Read More.
Biden administration expanding mental health services, personnel in schools
(WASHINGTON) -- Ten-year-old Sarah Craig banged at the side door of Granny Lin-Lin's Louisville, Kentucky, home last December.
Through the... Read More.
Why this could be the worst flu season in the US in more than a decade
(NEW YORK) -- The number of positive flu tests and hospitalizations in the United States is the highest in... Read More.
Woman starts Facebook group to help protect other women amid rise in drink spiking
(NEW YORK) -- A Facebook group started to help protect women from the dangers of drinks "spiked" with illegal... Read More.
New York drug overdose deaths spiked by 68% during COVID pandemic
(NEW YORK) -- Drug overdose deaths in New York state spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report... Read More.
Racially segregated communities breathing in air three times more concentrated with dangerous toxins, researchers say
(NEW YORK) -- New research is shedding light on just how much higher proportions of dangerous toxins people in... Read More.
Travel time to abortion facilities has quadrupled post-Roe, study finds
(NEW YORK) -- The amount of time women will have to travel to receive an abortion has quadrupled from... Read More.
Pfizer announces promising developments for first maternal RSV vaccine
(NEW YORK) -- After decades of researching respiratory syncytial virus, an illness especially dangerous for newborns and the elderly,... Read More.
FDA warns one type of amoxicillin, a common antibiotic for children, is in short supply
(NEW YORK) -- One version of amoxicillin, a common antibiotic used to treat issues like ear infections in kids,... Read More.
Matthew Perry hopes his memoir will ‘help a lot of people’ battling addiction
(NEW YORK) -- Matthew Perry lays bare his struggle with addiction in his new memoir Friends, Lovers, and the... Read More.
