Health
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A F.D.A. panel votes to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those 5 to 11.
A key advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly to recommend the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine…
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Are Vaccine Boosters Widely Needed? Some Federal Advisers Have Misgivings.
Following a series of endorsements over the last month by scientific panels advising federal agencies, tens of millions of Americans…
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Covid vaccines could begin soon for children 5 and up.
Children ages 5 to 11 may be eligible for Covid vaccines by early next month, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci,…
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Short on Staff, Some Hospices Ask New Patients To Wait
Anne Cotton had enjoyed her years at an assisted living facility in Corvallis, Ore. But at 89, her health problems…
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F.D.A. Panel Unanimously Recommends Johnson & Johnson Booster Shots
WASHINGTON — A key federal advisory committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend Johnson & Johnson booster shots, most likely clearing…
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F.D.A. Issues Voluntary Guidelines in Effort to Reduce Sodium Consumption
The Food and Drug Administration, citing an epidemic of diet-related illnesses, released new guidelines on Wednesday aimed at reducing the…
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F.D.A. Authorizes E-Cigarettes to Stay on U.S. Market for the First Time
The Food and Drug Administration for the first time on Tuesday authorized an electronic cigarette to be sold in the…
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After Years of Sexual Abuse Allegations, How Did This Doctor Keep Working?
All Tanisha Johnson wanted was for the pain to go away. Doctors had offered little hope for her intractable migraines.…
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Merck applies for emergency authorization for what would be the first pill to treat Covid.
Merck said on Monday that it had submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize what would…
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The Hot New Back-to-School Accessory? An Air Quality Monitor
When Lizzie Rothwell, an architect in Philadelphia, sent her son to third grade this fall, she stocked his blue L.L.…