FDA Panel Meets to Craft Future Vaccine Strategy
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet Wednesday to discuss the best way forward with coronavirus vaccines, as evidence grows that variants are eroding the power of the country…
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FDA panel meets to craft future COVID vaccine strategy: The panel will hear from experts about whether boosters or new vaccines will be needed going forward. Read moreBiden launches national COVID research initiative: Scientists from numerous federal …
Learn MoreCDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a m…
Learn MoreClimate Change Bringing More Catastrophic Wildfires: UN Report
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Learn MoreBiden to Lift Pandemic Rule Restricting Immigrants at Land Border
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News ) — An emergency health order that has curtailed immigration at U.S. land borders is expected to be lifted in late May.An announcement about rescinding the order — which has been in place since the start of t…
Learn MoreCDC Lifts Warning on Cruise Ship Travel
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A two-year advisory that warned Americans against going on cruises has been dropped by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The agency first warned Americans against cruise ship travel in 202…
Learn MoreFDA Approves 2nd Booster Shots for Americans 50 and Older
TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved a second booster shot of the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines for people 50 and older.The agency also authorized a second …
Learn MoreOut-of-State Residents Can Now Seek Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon
TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Oregon will no longer require terminally ill patients to be residents of the state to use its law allowing physician aid in dying.A lawsuit that challenged the residency requirement as unconstitutional was s…
Learn MoreFDA Authorizes More E-Cigarette Products
FRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized several tobacco-flavored vaping products made by the company Logic on Thursday, and added that it would soon announce whether other big-name brands can continu…
Learn MoreAirlines Ask Biden to Drop Mask Mandates, COVID Testing
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths drop across the United States, the chief executives of the country’s largest airlines have asked President Joe Biden to let a federal mask mandate at airports and …
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