When the coronavirus pandemic began, the challenge for Pfizer and BioNTech wasn't just developing a Covid-19 vaccine -- they also had to make it, and by the hundreds of millions.This was no small feat. Until the very end of last…
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it had found a quality problem at a Baltimore plant helping manufacture its single-dose coronavirus vaccine under contract.The New York Times reported Wednesday. that workers at Emergent BioSolutions, the Baltimore plant that has been…
Mounting evidence suggests the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the UK, which experts believe is partly driving an uptick of cases in places like Michigan, may already be dominant across the US."I think we are there," said William…
The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant and negative impact on pregnant women and their infants, according to a global review of studies.The review, published Wednesday in the journal the Lancet, found that stillbirths and maternal deaths increased by nearly a…
Despite the country slowly opening up after a year of Covid-19 restrictions, the amount of blood donations needed has stayed in high demand.American Red Cross chief medical officer Dr. Pampee Young said the organization is in critical need of blood…
Theories about a laboratory leak being the source of the coronavirus pandemic sound like something out of a comic book, one virologist says.Dr. Robert Garry of Tulane University and other virologists have been publishing studies for a year that demonstrate…
For the first few months of her life, Ayah Lundt was the picture of health.Born in January last year at a whopping 8.3 pounds, the bubbly baby girl with dark curls and bright brown eyes hit all her developmental milestones.By…
Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States last year, after heart disease and cancer, according to provisional data released on Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The death rate from 2019 to…
Two US counties will receive a surge of free, rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests in an effort to study how people use them and how that impacts Covid-19 trends in the community, according to an announcement Wednesday by the National Institutes…
There are three Covid-19 vaccines authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration, and they all required that each vaccine manufacturer conduct clinical trials with tens of thousands of volunteers to ensure that the vaccines are safe and effective.CNN Medical…
Clinical trial results of Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine showed its efficacy is 100% and it is well tolerated in youths ages 12 to 15, the companies said Wednesday.Pfizer/BioNTech plan to submit the data to the US Food and Drug Administration as…
With a mix of relief and caution, older adults fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are moving out into the world and resuming activities put on hold during the pandemic.Many are making plans to see adult children and hug grandchildren they haven't…
Though many Americans are eager to return to normal after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reminded Americans that "we're not quite there yet.""We are…
If you think herd immunity is the finish line to this pandemic, it's time for a reality check.Herd immunity with Covid-19 could come and go, scientists say. Or we might never reach it at all."There's a lot of things that…
More than two months into his presidency, President Joe Biden has yet to name someone to lead an agency at the forefront of the coronavirus fight: the US Food and Drug Administration.Although two candidates have been in the running for…
Germany will only administer AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to people aged 60 and above, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, following the advice of the country's vaccine committee. The move follows reports of rare blood clots in the brains of 31 people…
All 50 states have announced when they plan to open up coronavirus vaccinations to everyone eligible under US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations -- if they haven't done so already.Arkansas is the latest state to announce plans to…
The novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 probably spread to people through an animal, and probably started spreading among humans no more than a month or two before it was noticed in December of 2019, according a new 120-page report from…
To get more Black people vaccinated against coronavirus infections, Dr. Kimberly Manning is determined to keep doing what she has had a conviction to do since before the pandemic hit."I'm determined to make sure that people who, historically, have not…
With virtual classes and at-home work, it's no wonder why many people are experiencing more pain in the neck and back than usual. Sitting in a chair all day, your back slouched and neck bent, is just not good for…
