Enlarge this image The first vaccine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, moved a step toward approval by the…
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Enlarge this image In a close vote, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of a gene therapy for muscular…
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Enlarge this image An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration supported drugmaker Perrigo’s application to sell the oral contraceptive Opill…
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Enlarge this image Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will make a recommendation about whether the agency should approve the first…
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CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down
by Rob Stein May 5, 2023Enlarge this image The CDC will stop reporting new daily COVID infections and rely instead on hospitalization data to monitor the severity…
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Enlarge this image Susan and Chris Finazzo have enrolled their sons Dylan and Chase in a study of gene therapy for Duchenne…
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You’re less likely to get long COVID after a second infection than a first
by Rob Stein April 14, 2023Enlarge this image Long COVID — lingering symptoms that can follow a COVID diagnosis — plagues millions of Americans. It may be…
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The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people
by Rob Stein March 29, 2023Enlarge this image Shana Alesi administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine to Marine Corps veteran Bill Fatz at the Edward Hines Jr. VA…