Medicine

The retail giant barging in — its biggest foray into health care yet — reverberated through the industry on Tuesday.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

Over the past week, the United States has blown past previous record highs for COVID-19. And the surge of new case numbers is continuing throughout the country.

The Navajo Nation has a death rate from the virus nearly double that of New Jersey. But skepticism about volunteering for Pfizer trial’s runs deep.

The monoclonal antibody will be available to people 65+, or with underlying health conditions. Supplies will be short and distributing the medicine fairly will be difficult.

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The shots made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech are among 10 possible vaccine candidates in late-stage testing around the world.

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The agency, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, plans to distribute up to 1 billion syringes by 2021.

The vaccine cold chain hurdle is the latest disparity of the pandemic weighted against the poor, who more often live and work in conditions that allow the virus to spread.

Health officials are urging people to get the flu shot so that doctors and hospitals don’t face the extra strain of having to treat influenza in the midst of the pandemic.

Fewer patient visits, delayed or reduced insurance reimbursements, and the coronavirus itself struck a blow at some offices — and the communities they serve.

The pause is at least the second such hold to occur among several vaccines that have reached large-scale final tests in the U.S.