Health
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Patients Must Be Warned of Breast Implant Risks, F.D.A. Says
Federal regulators on Wednesday placed so-called black box warnings on breast implant packaging and told manufacturers to sell the devices…
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A cheap antidepressant lowers the risk of Covid hospitalization, a large study finds.
A large clinical trial has found that a common and inexpensive antidepressant lowered the odds that high-risk Covid-19 patients would…
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Starting next year, some immunocompromised people may receive a fourth Covid vaccine dose, the C.D.C. says.
Some American adults with weakened immune systems who received a third dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccine…
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Pregnant and breastfeeding women are slower to respond to vaccination, researchers report.
Pregnant and breastfeeding women respond to the first dose of the coronavirus vaccines more slowly than other women, and mount…
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Merck Will Share Formula for its Covid Pill With Poor Countries
Merck has granted a royalty-free license for its promising Covid-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that…
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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Covid Shots for Children 5 to 11
WASHINGTON — An expert committee advising the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended that regulators authorize Pfizer-BioNTech’s ...
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A F.D.A. panel votes to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those 5 to 11.
A key advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly to recommend the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine…
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Are Vaccine Boosters Widely Needed? Some Federal Advisers Have Misgivings.
Following a series of endorsements over the last month by scientific panels advising federal agencies, tens of millions of Americans…
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Covid vaccines could begin soon for children 5 and up.
Children ages 5 to 11 may be eligible for Covid vaccines by early next month, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci,…
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Short on Staff, Some Hospices Ask New Patients To Wait
Anne Cotton had enjoyed her years at an assisted living facility in Corvallis, Ore. But at 89, her health problems…