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COVID-19 has killed more than six million people worldwide and almost one million in the U.S. And the pandemic isn’t over yet. Read on for that and more updates about COVID-19.
Global health officials are monitoring COVID-19 cases with an eye to identifying the emergence of new, potentially more deadly or more infectious variants. Read on for more details.
BMS partnered with digital oncology company GRYT Health to convene a series of “courageous conversations” between patients, practitioners, caregivers, clinical trial teams and public health leaders.
Stephane Bancel, the chief executive of Moderna, has likened the need for booster vaccine doses to the way Apple releases new smartphones every year.
FDA
The Accelerated Approval Integrity Act of 2022 (H.R. 6963) aims to remove loopholes in the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway. The bill, however, fails to adequately consider the whole picture.
Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless will step down from his role as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the end of this month, after serving in the role since 2017.
Ishtiaq Ali Saaem is sentenced to three years of probation following a guilty plea to charges he obstructed a federal investigation into his efforts to acquire the deadly toxin ricin.
Although it looks that we’re on the downside of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., biopharma companies are still working on developing better treatments and preventions.
FDA
Without holding a meeting of its vaccines advisory committee, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a fourth booster shot for everyone 50 years of age and older.
COVID-19 vaccines are the most-studied vaccines in history. This is partly why some data can appear so contradictory. For those and more COVID-19 stories, continue reading.
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