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What does emergency use for a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean? It's when regulators allow shots to be given to certain ... Read more
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Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the ... Read more
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Late-stage study of first single-shot COVID-19 vaccine begins in US
Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine ... Read more
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Virus whistleblower alleges ongoing retaliation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government whistleblower ousted from a leading role in battling COVID-19 alleged Thursday that the ... Read more
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Fauci to testify at a fraught time for US pandemic response
WASHINGTON (AP) — With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention ... Read more
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FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used ... Read more
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US approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key ... Read more
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Lawyers: Investigators recommend whistleblower is reinstated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have found "reasonable grounds" that a government whistleblower was punished for speaking out ... Read more
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US to rein in flood of virus blood tests after lax oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators Monday pulled back a decision that allowed scores of coronavirus blood tests to ... Read more
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MEDICAL COLUMN: Smoking and vaping, steps toward a goal
When a patient tells me they smoke cigarettes, they usually know the next thing I will say: “You ... Read more