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In this article FB Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, founding director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at Boston University, told CNBC, that, medically, she agrees with President Joe Biden‘s assertion that platforms like Facebook are killing people by allowing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on their services. “I think social media is playing a big role in amplifying

People walk on their lunch break at the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on May 5, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is introducing new differentiated Covid measures for dining in as new cases continue to rise. Only fully vaccinated individuals and people who have recovered from Covid-19

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Thursday that Covid booster shots may become a reality for certain swaths of the population. Gottlieb made the prediction on the heels of news that a panel of expert advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to consider booster shots for immunocompromised patients. 

Westend61 | Getty Images British doctors have urged authorities to make flu testing available amid concerns that an influenza epidemic may be about to collide with a third wave of Covid-19. In a report published Thursday, physicians from the U.K.’s Academy of Medical Sciences warned a resurgence of respiratory viruses such as flu and RSV

The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. hit a grim record, as the nation simultaneously battled the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 93,331 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2020, and that represents nearly a 30% increase from the year before, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and

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A mobile Covid-19 vaccination centre outside Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, where case numbers of the Delta variant first identified in India have been relatively high. Peter Byrne | PA Images | Getty Images Top infectious disease specialists say the spread of the delta variant across unvaccinated pockets of the country is causing flare-ups and leading

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2021/04/10: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vial and box seen at a vaccination site. Doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are being administered throughout the state of Florida despite a small number of patients who have experienced adverse reactions, including blood clots. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

In this article PFE 22UA-DE Former Obama administration official Dr. Kavita Patel told CNBC on Monday she expects a Covid vaccine booster will, eventually, be authorized by U.S. regulators due to new, more transmissible coronavirus variants. “With the threat of the delta variant and potentially other looming variants in the future, it seems like it’s

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Students wearing masks listen to teacher Dorene Scala during third grade summer school at Hooper Avenue School on June 23, 2021, in Los Angeles. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its public health guidance for schools Friday, saying fully vaccinated teachers and students don’t

In this article BIIB A sign marks a Biogen facility, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 9, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters Biogen shares fell on Friday after the head of the Food and Drug Administration called for an investigation into the recent approval of the company’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. In a letter dated and made public

The author of “Bad Blood” isn’t finished telling the Theranos story. Three years since the release of his bestselling book, John Carreyrou is debuting a new podcast to uncover the final chapter of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. “Bad Blood: The Final Chapter” will follow the upcoming trial of Holmes. In an interview with CNBC,

There’s no need for Covid booster doses right now, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health said Friday, as highly transmissible, new variants test the protections of the available vaccines. “Let me tell you where we are: the data is very clear, if you’ve gotten your two shots of Moderna  or Pfizer  or

Men relax on the sidewalk this rural Delta community on April 27, 2021 in Greenville, Mississippi. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Mississippi state health officials issued new guidance on Friday that calls for state residents over the age of 65 and immunocompromised residents, vaccinated or unvaccinated, to avoid any indoor mass gatherings for the next

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Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they are developing a Covid-19 booster shot intended to target the delta variant as concerns rise about the highly transmissible strain that is already the dominant form of the disease in the United States. The companies said although they believe a third shot of their current two-dose vaccine has the

Covid-19 vaccinations without prior registration being done at Sector 30 district hospital on June 22, 2021 in Noida, India. Sunil Ghosh | Hindustan Times | Getty Images New outbreaks of Covid-19 remain one of the top risks to a global economic recovery, the OECD’s secretary-general has warned, calling for developed nations to support less-developed nations

A man inquires about a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a mobile testing van in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 2, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Quidel is recalling its Lyra Covid-19 Assay test due to a high risk of false negative results in patients who actually have high amounts of the virus. Quidel is

Members of the medical staff check information of a patient at the pneumology unit of the AP-HP Cochin hospital, in Paris on March 18, 2021 as the number of people hospitalized with the Covid-19 is on the rise in the French capital. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — President Emmanuel Macron once