A nurse prepares a flu shot at Huntington Village Pediatrics, in Huntington, New York on December 8, 2021.Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty ImagesModerna on Wednesday said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response against four strains of the virus than a currently available flu vaccine...
A vial of the Moderna coronavirus booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 2022.Hannah Beier | ReutersAn independent advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and...
A combination package of Procter & Gamble Co. DayQuil Severe and NyQuil Severe brand cold and flu medicine is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe main ingredient used in many popular over-the-counter cold and allergy medications doesn't actually work to get rid...
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, Jan. 26, 2022.Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the shots...
An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, 2023. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHeather Le Biller shed 9 pounds within the first week of taking Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic – and then even more as she continued...
The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio.Lisa Baertlein | ReutersKroger on Friday said it has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes to settle the majority of claims that it fueled the opioid epidemic through lax oversight of its...
Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016.David A. Grogan | CNBCCarl Icahn on Thursday expressed his support for Illumina's new CEO Jacob Thaysen – a relief for the company as it tries to rebound from a bitter proxy fight with the billionaire activist...
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesModerna's new Covid vaccine produced a strong immune response against BA.2.86, a highly mutated omicron variant that health officials are watching closely, according to clinical trial data the biotech company released Wednesday. The updated shot produced an 8.7-fold increase in protective antibodies against BA.2.86,...
Robert Galbraith | ReutersThe Federal Trade Commission last week allowed Amgen to move forward with its $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics under a settlement agreement – a move that could have ramifications for a string of other pharmaceutical industry buyouts.Some Wall Street analysts said the FTC's decision to...
In this photo illustration, Abbott's at-home covid-19 rapid test kits are seen on display in Orlando.Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty ImagesAs Covid cases surge again in the U.S., Americans are digging out unused at-home tests that they stashed earlier on in the pandemic. Many of those tests may have...