Pfizer restarts production at tornado damaged plant in North Carolina

In this aerial image, damage is seen at a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, July 21, 2023.Sean Rayford | Getty ImagesPfizer on Monday said it has restarted most production lines at a drug manufacturing plant that was...

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U.S. will again offer free at-home Covid tests starting Monday

Covid-19 home test kits are pictured in a store window during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Jan. 19, 2022.Carlo Allegri | ReutersThe Biden administration on Wednesday said it will resume offering free at-home Covid tests to American households on Monday as the virus...

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Eli Lilly sues clinics allegedly selling knockoff versions of Mounjaro

A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, March 29, 2023.George Frey | ReutersEli Lilly on Tuesday sued 10 medical spas, wellness clinics and compounding pharmacies across the U.S. for...

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Uninsured Americans can find free Moderna, Pfizer shots

Pharmacist Aaron Sun administers new vaccine COMIRNATY® by Pfizer, to Jimmy Smagula at CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, CA.Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesUninsured Americans can now get the newest Covid vaccines for free at certain locations across the country, just days after U.S. regulators greenlit...

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Moderna flu vaccine shows promising phase three trial results

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...

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CDC advisors recommend Pfizer and Moderna shots

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...

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