Health
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F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail
The federal government on Thursday permanently lifted a major restriction on access to abortion pills. It will allow patients to…
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Affordable Coronavirus Tests Are Out There, if You Look
Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced that it would soon require private health insurers to reimburse consumers for the…
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New Studies Raise Hopes That Vaccines Prevent Severe Disease From Omicron
A flurry of new laboratory studies indicate that vaccines, and especially booster shots, may offer protection against the worst outcomes…
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C.D.C. Virus Tests Were Contaminated and Poorly Designed, Agency Says
The faulty coronavirus testing kits developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the early weeks of the…
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Pfizer’s Covid Pill Works Well, Company Confirms in Final Analysis
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that its Covid pill was found to stave off severe disease in a key clinical trial…
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Senators Question Califf, the F.D.A. Nominee, on Opioid Crisis and Pandemic Response
A Senate panel on Tuesday intensely questioned Dr. Robert Califf, the nominee for commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration,…
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Pfizer’s Covid Pill Works Well, Company Confirms in Final Analysis
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that its Covid pill was found to stave off severe disease in a key clinical trial…
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Big Hospital Chains Drop Vaccine Mandates for Health Workers
The legal uncertainty over a federal requirement that the nation’s 17 million health care workers be vaccinated against the coronavirus…
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Omicron Is a Dress Rehearsal for the Next Pandemic
Dec. 14, 2021Omicron Is a Dress Rehearsal for the Next Pandemic America’s response to the variant highlights both how much…
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Pfizer says its Covid pill will protect against severe disease, even from Omicron.
A highly anticipated study of Pfizer’s Covid pill confirmed that it helps stave off severe disease, the company announced on…