[ad_1] Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Moderna rose Thursday after the biotech company hiked its full-year outlook for its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product, despite reporting a quarterly loss and sharp drop in revenue. Here’s what Moderna reported compared with Wall Street’s expectations, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Loss…
[ad_1] A pharmacist delivers a COVID-19 booster dose at a Chicago CVS store. Antonio Perez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A new round of Covid vaccines is coming to the U.S. this fall — but many Americans may not roll up their sleeves and take one. That’s largely because pandemic fatigue, the belief…
[ad_1] A vial and a medical syringe seen displayed in front of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Moderna biotechnology company’s logos. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday applied for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the biotech company’s updated Covid vaccine for the fall. The shot targets omicron…
[ad_1] Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2021. Bryan Anderson | AP President Joe Biden on Friday said he will appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cohen served as the head of North Carolina’s Department…
[ad_1] Homicide and suicide rates among groups of young Americans have risen sharply in the last few years, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, shining a light on the state of mental health and violence in the U.S. The study, which was published by the CDC on Thursday, gathered data…
[ad_1] A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022. Johanna Geron | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration‘s independent panel of advisors on Thursday recommended that updated Covid shots for the fall and winter target one of the XBB…
[ad_1] New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern, 42, shocked New Zealand in January when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer…
[ad_1] At a time when the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has come to an end, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent warning of an emerging deadlier virus has left scientists worried. WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, while speaking at the annual health assembly in Geneva, warned that the world needs to be…
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill, Paxlovid, for adults who are at high risk of getting severely sick with the virus. Paxlovid is specifically advised for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid in adults older than 50 and people who suffer from certain medical…
[ad_1] South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Scientists funded by the federal government have proposed a definition of long Covid based on symptoms identified in a large study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The definition is based on 12 symptoms that most separate people with long Covid six months or…
