Health
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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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Covid Shots Are a Go for Children, but Parents Are Reluctant to Consent
The Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine for ages 5 to 11 on Friday makes 28 million…
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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 ...
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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,…