Health Care

Global pharmaceutical company Novartis announced Friday it signed an early agreement to boost manufacturing capacity for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.

Pfizer has forecast to produce billions of doses, which may cause shortages in other countries as well.

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health professor Dr. Marty Makary shares his concern for the underreporting of nursing home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid international competition for limited supplies of the shots needed to end the pandemic, AstraZeneca said on Wednesday the drugmaker was offering targets, not firm commitments to the European Union in its deal.

The contract with Blue Shield is still being finalized but its task is to “create, contract with and manage a statewide vaccine administration network" and to allocate doses directly to providers, which will include pharmacies, public and private health networks and hospitals, pop-up sites and community health centers, according to the statement.

“I’m absolutely disgusted that the governor of this state has 100% taken the ability to vaccinate our residents in Palm Beach County out of the hands of our public health officials and our medical officials and given that authority to a corporate entity,” she said during Tuesday's commission meeting.

The European Union on Tuesday warned pharmaceutical companies that have developed coronavirus vaccines with EU aid that slow deliveries must end -- at a time when infections are surging, many hospitals are overwhelmed, and many of the 27 members states are struggling to get their vaccine rollout going at top speed.

iPhone 12 models should be kept at least six inches away from pacemakers and defibrillators during normal use and at least 12 inches away when wirelessly charging.

Synairgen is working on an at-home respiratory treatment for COVID-19 that is currently in government-sponsored trials.

The world’s biggest maker of health care products topped profit and sales expectations.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease expert in the U.S., is the highest-paid federal government employee in the U.S.—surpassing even the president—according to a Freedom of Information Act request by OpenTheBooks.com.

“Varney & Co.” host Stuart Varney argues in his latest "My Take" that President Biden's proposed tax increases will impact middle America, not just those who are rich.

AstraZeneca PLC told European Union officials that fewer doses of its Covid-19 vaccine will be ready for the bloc's planned rollout in early February, blaming an unspecified manufacturing issue.

Severe allergic reactions to Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine appear to be quite rare, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday, after over 4 million people had received their first dose.

The Arlington, Virginia-based grocery chain joins Aldi's, Trader Joe's, Instacart, Dollar General in offering COVID-19 vaccination incentives to employees.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech published a new study that provides more evidence their COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the UK variant that is believed to be more contagious. 

Washington is working with private companies based in the state to help accelerate its coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.

Chicago nursing home network BRIA Health Services is giving cash bonuses to employees who get their COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to boost participation.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams discussed his new report on community health and economic prosperity and argued on Tuesday that when businesses invest in housing, good paying jobs and childcare, they lift up communities and their bottom lines.

Operation Warp Speed scientific head Dr. Moncef Slaoui said on Monday that he is “confident that we should be able to immunize the overwhelming large majority of the American population by the middle of 2021,” even though the rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. resulted in bottlenecks and system crashes.