A person walks past the Pfizer building in New York City, March 2, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Pfizer said Wednesday it is raising the 2021 sales forecast of its Covid-19 vaccine to $33.5 billion from $26 billion, as the delta variant spreads and scientists debate whether people will need booster shots. In releasing its …
Category Archives: Health
Third Covid shot could also be manner round masking, says Dr. Peter Hotez
Dr. Peter Hotez told CNBC that while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new Covid masking guidelines are “absolutely” necessary to battle the delta variant and surging cases, there might be an alternative to wearing masks indoors again. “There is potentially a way to get around it, and it may be that third immunization,” …
Continue reading “Third Covid shot could also be manner round masking, says Dr. Peter Hotez”
Prime U.S. medical doctors say youngsters want masks and social distancing in colleges this fall
Schoolchildren swab and test themselves for COVID-19 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the classroom at South Boston Catholic Academy in Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 2021. Allison Dinner | Reuters Students should wear masks and practice social distancing at school to ensure safe in-person learning this fall, top U.S. doctors said …
Moderna says it plans to increase trial for youths 5 to 11
With her husband Stephen by her side Erin Shih hugs her children Avery 6, and Aidan, 11, after they got their second Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Friday, June 25, 2021. Sarah Reingewirtz | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Moderna plans to expand the size of its clinical trial …
Continue reading “Moderna says it plans to increase trial for youths 5 to 11”
California is requiring proof of Covid vaccination for state staff
Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images California will require state employees and some health-care workers to show proof of Covid-19 or face mandatory weekly testing, top state officials said Monday. State employees will be required to submit documentation of their immunization by Aug. 2, according to a press release. Any state employees who …
Continue reading “California is requiring proof of Covid vaccination for state staff”
Philip Morris says it might cease promoting cigarettes in Britain
A pack of Philip Morris International Inc. Marlboro Gold cigarettes seen in a Tobacco Store. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — Tobacco group Philip Morris International has reportedly said it plans to stop selling cigarettes in the U.K. in 10 years’ time. It could bring an end to the cigarette maker’s flagship …
Continue reading “Philip Morris says it might cease promoting cigarettes in Britain”
Quest Diagnostics is seeing an increase in Covid checks as delta variant spreads, CEO says
Quest Diagnostics CEO Steve Rusckowski told CNBC on Thursday the company is seeing an increase in Covid-19 tests as the more contagious delta variant spreads across the country. “We said our Covid-19 testing business would go down as we saw the recovery, if you will, from the pandemic and it has gone down throughout the first …
NHS contact tracing app downloads spike
Selective focus. Concept photo. Oleksandr Siedov | iStock Editorial | Getty Images LONDON — Downloads of the U.K.’s contact tracing app surged last week, according to new data, despite widespread concerns of people being told to self-isolate amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. The NHS Covid-19 app was downloaded 161,000 times in the week …
Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug generates $2 million gross sales in first few weeks after approval
Aduhelm by Biogen Source: Biogen Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, generated $2 million in revenue in the first few weeks of its approval, the company said Thursday in releasing its second-quarter earnings along with an open letter about the controversial drug. Biogen hiked its revenue guidance for the year, saying it expects total sales of $10.65 …
School tuition insurance coverage may assist with uncertainty attributable to Covid
Even before the pandemic, Eden Schiano, 19, had concerns about her first year of college. Schiano suffered from anorexia in high school and was uncertain how the fall of 2020 would go as a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University. Being mostly isolated in her dorm quickly took a toll. “I was in my dorm room, …