Health Care

The potential production problems with Novavax's vaccine could hamper the efforts of the COVAX initiative, which forecast in September that it will be able to provide low and middle-income countries 1.425 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to by the end of the year and 2 billion doses by the first quarter of 2022.

New York City will require that all of its municipal workforce get vaccinated against Covid-19, eliminating the option for testing and joining a group of state and local governments with similar mandates.

Though financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, Best Buy said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that the transaction is expected to close by the end of its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter.

Food and Drug Administration staffers in an unusual move didn’t take a stance on Moderna Inc.’s MRNA +0.72% application for a booster dose, indicating there may not be sufficient data to support the extra dose.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet this week to debate whether or not extra doses of the Moderna, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccines should be distributed, to whom and when.

Former Frontier Airlines CEO and Manifest founder and CEO Jeff Potter on how high energy prices are impacting travel.

Hundreds of thousands of at-home COVID-19 tests from Australia-based digital diagnostics company Ellume were recalled Tuesday after discovering that some tests delivered higher-than-expected false positive results.

Why don’t COVID-19 vaccinations last longer?

Kaiser Permanente has suspended more than 2,200 employees who have not yet gotten vaccinated, according to reports.

Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul sounded off on "Kudlow" Tuesday condemning NIAID director Dr.

Merck will request emergency approval for an experimental oral COVID-19 antiviral drug, molnupiravir, after a late-stage trial indicated an approximate 50% risk reduction for hospitalization or death among patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.

Billionaire Leon Cooperman and his wife Toby have donated $100 million to a New Jersey hospital

New York Medical College Professor Dr. Bob Lahita on the importance of vaccine mandates for health care workers.

Merck will spend about $11.5 billion to buy Acceleron Pharma and its potential treatment for high blood pressure in vessels that connect the lungs heart.

A lawyer for Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes tried to undercut a key prosecution witness’s testimony Tuesday, as new clues emerged about her defense strategy of shifting blame to her former top deputy and ex-boyfriend.

Here’s a look at some of the best-paying metro areas for nurses.

Facebook announced Monday that it will pause the release of "Instagram Kids" following the release of the "Facebook Files" and increased scrutiny over the company’s impact on its youngest users.

Apple, Inc. is set to roll out a digital copy of COVID-19 vaccination cards in the company's Apple Wallet app for users to present at businesses and venues.

A Wall Street Journal investigation detailed Facebook’s intimate knowledge of flaws that riddle its system – flaws that can cause harm.

Moderna, Inc. CEO Stéphane Bancel reportedly said that he believes the COVID-19 pandemic could be over in a year as vaccine production continues.