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A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine's Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois, Dec. 30, 2021.Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesA new round of Covid vaccines is…
CDC recommends up to date Covid vaccines for ages 6 months and up
A vial of the Moderna coronavirus booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 2022.Hannah Beier | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and…
FDA approves new photographs from Pfizer, Moderna
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, Jan. 26, 2022.Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug…
Ozempic, Wegovy might curb ingesting, smoking: What we all know
An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, 2023. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHeather Le Biller shed 9 pounds within the first week of taking Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes…
Meta’s VR expertise helps to coach surgeons and deal with sufferers
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty…
Supreme Court docket requested to resolve abortion capsule case
Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage.Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDrug company Danco…
British American Tobacco finalizes Russia exit
British American Tobacco has finalized its exit from Russia about 18 months after it pledged to do so in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.The multinational cigarette maker said in a statement Thursday it agreed "to sell its Russian…
Moderna says new Covid vaccine efficient in opposition to BA.2.86 variant
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesModerna's new Covid vaccine produced a strong immune response against BA.2.86, a highly mutated omicron variant that health officials are watching closely, according to clinical trial data the biotech…
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy weight reduction drug launches within the UK
Packages of the weight-loss drug Wegovy from the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk lie on the sales counter in a Danish pharmacy.Stefan Trumpf | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk launched its Wegovy weight loss injection in the…
Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer steps down
Rosalind "Roz" BrewerJason Redmond | Afp | Getty ImagesWalgreens Boots Alliance said Friday that Roz Brewer had stepped down as the company's chief executive as it leans deeper into its strategy to become a health-care company instead of a…