The FDA says that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appears to be safe for children under 5 years old, the only age group not yet eligible for vaccination in the U.S.
Sanofi SNY, -2.06% said Monday that preliminary data shows that its experimental next-generation COVID-19 booster provided a 40-fold increase in antibody protection against BA.1, a subvariant of omicron, in adults who had been previously vaccinated with the mRNA shots.
A small clinical trial conducted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that every single rectal cancer patient who received an experimental immunotherapy treatment had their cancer go into remission.
Trading in Novavax shares was halted Tuesday in anticipation of an FDA advisory panel meeting in which regulators will make a ruling on whether to approve the company's COVID-19 vaccine.
CNN — As the number of monkeypox cases climbs amid an ongoing global outbreak, US health officials say that they are ramping up testing and contact tracing and expanding access to vaccines and treatments.
Exactly how much of a problem resistance will be for Paxlovid is complicated. In some patients, the coronavirus will inevitably find ways to evade the pill, as it did prior COVID-19 drugs.