Health Care
Novavax ‘encouraged’ by results for combined COVID, flu vaccine
U.S. biotech company Novavax said on Wednesday that its COVID-19-influenza vaccine was shown to induce an immune response and was...
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Democratic senators press NIH on ‘slow pace’ of long COVID research
Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Wednesday released a letter to the National Institutes of Health pressing...
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Health Care — Democratic senators voice concerns on long COVID
Taylor Swift has been immortalized once again after a recently discovered millipede species was named after the singer; Nannaria swiftae. Senate Democrats...
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DOJ to appeal mask ruling after CDC request
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday said it would appeal a ruling striking down the mask mandate for public...
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Psaki: Biden getting COVID would not mean protocols failed
White House press secretary Jen Psaki maintained Wednesday that it wouldn’t be a failure of the precautions in place to...
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White House unveils national drug control strategy amid rising overdoses
The Biden administration on Thursday is sending its National Drug Control Strategy to Congress, amid a record level of drug...
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DHS extends vaccine requirements for entry at Mexico, Canada borders
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced it will extend COVID-19 vaccine requirements for migrants entering the U.S. at...
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Federal health agencies didn’t report political interference fearing retaliation: audit
Employees from four agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said they did not report possible political...
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Patients in new survey report racial discrimination in health care
More than a quarter of older adults in the U.S. say they have not gotten the health care they felt...
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