Tag: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
Inside a Campaign to Get Medicare Coverage for a New Alzheimer’s Drug
In the interview, Mr. Johns echoed these explanations. Asked if association officials had communicated with Biogen since Medicare’s…
In India, Parents of Children with Rare Disease Plea for Help Online
ELURU, India — When her baby started struggling to breathe, Stella Praveen had a terrible feeling that something…
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack…
House Passes Bill to Limit Cost of Insulin to $35 a Month
The pharmaceutical industry opposed the drug price regulations in the social spending and climate legislation, but it has…
How to Prepare for BA.2, the Omicron Subvariant
The next wave of Covid-19 is coming, and in some parts of the United States, it’s already here.…
F.D.A. Allows Second Coronavirus Boosters for Everyone 50 and Older
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators authorized second booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday for…
Biden Administration Plans to Offer Second Booster Shots to Those 50 and Up
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a…
Moderna to Seek Authorization of Its Coronavirus Vaccine for Young Children
WASHINGTON — Moderna said on Wednesday that it would seek emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine for children…
High Demand for Drug to Prevent Covid in the Vulnerable, Yet Doses Go Unused
Sasha Mallett, Sue Taylor and Kimberly Cooley all have immune deficiencies that make them especially vulnerable to Covid-19,…
U.S. House Candidate Apologizes for Behavior at Sleepover
A Democratic candidate for Congress in Oklahoma apologized in a television interview on Friday after parents complained that…
Why China Doesn’t Have an mRNA Vaccine for Covid
China has done everything in its power to keep the virus outside its borders and protect its people…
Senate Confirms Califf as F.D.A. Chief in Tight Vote
“Dr. Califf has refused to distance himself from the F.D.A. decision to abandon vulnerable pregnant women to the…