Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.
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Change Healthcare said a ransomware group claimed responsibility for the cybersecurity breach, which has threatened patient data and delayed prescriptions.
Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay to fill prescriptions.
The Centers for Disease Control recommended the shots that target the newest omicron strains of COVID-19, including one for people 12 and older.
In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply earlier than the companies had planned.
The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday as scientists around the world raced to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more dangerous than previous ones
U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation, the company said Sunday.
Merck said it will soon ask health officials to authorize the pill’s use. A decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could come within weeks after that.
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths last year beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest annual death toll, the government reported Wednesday.
Pfizer says its vaccine continues to be effective against COVID-19 up to six months later.
The announcement sets the stage for the biggest vaccination campaign in British history and came just ahead of what experts are warning will be a long, dark winter.
The new guidance was presented Tuesday at a White House coronavirus task force meeting for final approval.
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said in Tuesday.
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The federal website where consumers can get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act was up and running Thursday after a slow start as sign-up season for 2019 opened days before the midterm elections.