Health
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She Died With Long Covid. Should Her Organs Have Been Donated?
Covid-19 ravaged Heidi Ferrer’s body and soul for over a year, and in May the “Dawson’s Creek” screenwriter killed herself…
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C.D.C. Advisers Recommend Covid Vaccine for Younger Children
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for ...
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A C.D.C. panel recommends Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for ...
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Pfizer and Moderna shots are less effective in people with weak immune systems, a study finds.
Coronavirus vaccines were significantly less effective in protecting people with weakened immune systems than they were for other people, the…
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How Often Do Covid Vaccines Cause Heart Problems in Kids?
Federal regulators are reviewing data on the link between Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and a rare heart problem in adolescents, the…
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Has the Virus Infected Huge Numbers of Younger Children?
A startling statistic emerged as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration last week debated use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19…
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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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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 ...