Tag: Pandemics

The End of the Covid Emergency Is a Warning

The emergency stage of Covid-19 is over—at least in official terms. The World Health Organization declared an end to the Covid global health emergency last...

Ukraine hospitals could run out of oxygen supplies in 24 hours as war disrupts health services, WHO says

Medical specialists transport a wounded woman to an ambulance after recent shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine February 26, 2022.Gleb Garanich | ReutersUkrainian hospitals could run...

Fed’s Small Business Credit Survey IDs Pandemics’ Hardest Hit Firms

The Small Business Credit Survey 2022 Report on Employer Firms, issued by the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, confirmed what many economists have suspected: many small...

FDA plan to fast-track Pfizer vaccine for kids under 5 fails to deliver, leaving parents waiting until April

Parents of children under 5 will have to wait until at least April to get their kids vaccinated against Covid-19, after the Food and...

J&J expects more than $3 billion in Covid vaccine sales this year in mixed quarterly report

The Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Tuesday projected that its Covid...

Watch live: Dr. Fauci, CDC Director Dr. Walensky and other health leaders testify before Senate on U.S. omicron response

The top health leaders in the U.S. will testify before the Senate on Tuesday about the federal response to the omicron Covid variant, as...

WHO says omicron has not spread widely among the vulnerable yet, still too early to determine severity

A Covid-19 rapid PCR test site sign at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.Dwayne Senior |...

WHO says omicron Covid variant detected in 38 countries, early data suggests it’s more contagious than delta

Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization on Friday said the omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected in 38 countries, up...

Moderna resubmits its application to the FDA to authorize Covid boosters for all adults

The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty ImagesModerna refiled its application to the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to approve vaccine...

The FDA reportedly forces J&J to scrap about 60 million doses of its Covid vaccine

A detail of Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that is not currently being given out because it has been put on hold.Allen J....

Covid variant from South Africa was able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine in Israeli study

An Israeli health worker of the Maccabi Healthcare Services prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on February 24, 2021 in Tel...

WHO says more than 87% of the world’s Covid vaccine supply has gone to higher-income countries

Wealthy countries have received the vast majority of the world's supply of Covid-19 vaccine doses, while poor countries have obtained less than 1%, the...

Covid cases are rising and hospitalizations have plateaued even as vaccinations increase

Emergency Medical Technician Lenny Fernandez, Medical Assistant Rodnay Moore and Physician Assistant-Certified Calvin Davis, left to right, prepare doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine...

Texas, Mississippi lift Covid restrictions and mask mandates, despite CDC warnings

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, speaks during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 8,...

President Joe Biden urges states to vaccinate teachers, school staff this month

Letetsia A. Fox, Chapter President Los Angeles 500 of the California School Employees Association receives her first COVID-19 Moderna vaccination shot from registered nurse...

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