Health Care

Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that they intend to file a request for emergency use authorization in the U.S.

As more than 90,000 of the nation’s long-term care residents have died in a pandemic that has pushed staffs to the limit, advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of death separate from the virus has quietly claimed tens of thousands more, often because overburdened workers haven’t been able to give them the care they need.

Even as the economy rebuilds from the recession, adding back more than 10 million jobs in just a few months, many jobs will not be coming back any time soon, according to a new Glassdoor report on the outlook of the workforce post-COVID-19.

Tech titan Keith Rabois announced this week he is leaving California's Silicon Valley and moving to the Floridian metropolis of Miami. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved the first COVID-19 self-testing kit for home use that provides results within 30 minutes.

The popular spin studio chain allegedly brushed under the rug the complaints about its top talent.

The companies said they have collected the two months of safety data on about 19,000 study subjects requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

According to General Electric's 2020 Global Innovation Barometer, business leaders believe innovation is both crucial to addressing the world's challenges caused by COVID-19 and under threat due to the pandemic itself. 

Johnson & Johnson has debunked a new study that suggests mouthwash can kill off coronavirus within 30 seconds. 

Amazon Pharmacy offers transparency on medication information and prices, home delivery, Prime member discounts and automatic 30-day refills on creams, pills, eye drops, inhalers, and insulin for patients with chronic conditions.

If Republicans retain control of the Senate, “it’s going to be hard to put in place a replacement” for the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber warned.

The four states will not receive vaccine doses earlier than other states by virtue of the pilot, nor will they receive any differential consideration, Pfizer said.

The move propels Amazon into a new business, potentially shaking up the pharmacy industry as it has done to everything from book sellers to toy stores and grocers.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway invested in four Big Pharma companies in the third quarter, according to SEC filings.

The myWW+ program builds upon Weight Watchers' new customizable myWW program which was launched last November. 

The European Commission wants to reach a deal with Moderna Inc. for the supply of millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate for a price below $25 per dose

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said his company's coronavirus vaccine has demonstrated a "gamechanger" safety record in ongoing studies, along with 94.5% effectiveness.

Together with Pfizer Inc's vaccine, also shown to be more than 90% effective, and pending more safety data and regulatory review, the United States could have two vaccines authorized for emergency use in December with as many as 60 million doses of vaccine available by the year's end.

“We’re going to start those consultations this week,” Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain told NBC's 'Meet the Press', citing Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies

One of the scientists behind Pfizer-BioNTech’s promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate says the potential cure could return the world to “normal” by next winter.