Health Care

It has taken 10 months for Germany’s BioNTech SE and its U.S. partner, Pfizer Inc., to develop the vaccine that was granted emergency-use authorization in the U.K. on Wednesday. Yet, for BioNTech’s founders, Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, the husband-and-wife team behind the successful endeavor, it was the outcome of three decades of work.

The New York State Nurses Association is supporting strikes at two hospitals in New Rochelle and Albany where nurses say staff and patients are not being properly protected from coronavirus due to a lack of PPE and understaffing.

Trader Joe's -- which was founded in California in 1967 -- has more than 500 locations spread over 42 states and the District of Columbia.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says holiday shopping in crowded stores is a “higher risk” activity.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced it has scheduled a meeting this month to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc.

The "current surge in coronavirus cases" is "very concerning" to the chief scientist behind Operation Warp Speed.

To be diagnosed, people must have symptoms such as memory loss plus evidence of a buildup of a protein called beta-amyloid in the brain.

The first two vaccines against the novel coronavirus could be available to Americans before Christmas, Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday, after Moderna Inc became the second vaccine maker likely to receive U.S. emergency authorization.

Moderna is asking the Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine, the Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech firm announced Monday.

Nearly one-third of small businesses in New York and New Jersey have closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to TrackTheRecovery.org.

Health officials face an uphill battle to convince and educate Americans on the safety of the coronavirus vaccines.

Moderna's experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19

Hospitalizations nationally have nearly doubled in November, setting a record Nov. 10, and every day since.

Cyberattacks against health bodies, vaccine scientists and drugmakers have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GoodRx Co-CEO Doug Hirsch told the Claman Countdown that he believes Amazon's move could ultimately allow more consumers to get cheaper prescriptions by mail.

The U.S. government is ready to distribute a much-anticipated coronavirus vaccine to the American people, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Tuesday on “Making Money with Charles Payne.”

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths but also angering critics who want to see individuals held accountable, in addition to the company.

Ford has ordered 12 freezers to store coronavirus vaccines for its employees once it is available.

The striking workers said Infinity discontinued pandemic pay for employees at the end of July and pays workers base wages well below those of other nursing homes in the Chicago area, despite receiving $12.7 million in COVID-19 funding through the federal coronavirus rescue package.

COVID-19 vaccine trials have shown promising results on adults thus far, but testing on children is just getting started.