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“Authorizing these monoclonal antibody therapies may help outpatients avoid hospitalization and alleviate the burden on our health care system,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a press release. Background: President Donald Trump, who received the Regeneron antibody cocktail during his…

As the virus rages across the country, schools are shutting down again — or remain shuttered — even though they haven’t turned out to be the super-spreader sites experts feared. At the same time, many bars and restaurants remain open…

Biden will take office at a crucial moment in the fight against drug addiction. Some states are contending with double-digit spikes in overdose deaths, sparse public health workforces are already stretched thin fighting the coronavirus and widening budget deficits brought…

While federal and state officials agree that the nation’s 21 million health care workers should be first in line for the vaccine, there is no consensus about how to balance the needs of other high-risk groups. Azar said this week…

As the virus rages across the country, schools are shutting down again — or remain shuttered — even though they haven’t turned out to be the super-spreader sites experts feared. At the same time, many bars and restaurants remain open…

Wednesday’s planned one-hour meeting was steered by Rear Adm. Erica Schwartz, the career health department official in charge of the transition, and included attendees like HHS chief of staff Brian Harrison, HHS deputy chief of staff Paul Mango, and Operation…

The CDC panel weighs in: ACIP met on Monday and unveiled the principles that will guide its recommendations. The group says vaccine distribution should aim to address health inequities amid disproportionate Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Black, Latino and…

The company also said it would work with the agency to adjust the design of its late-stage U.S. trial to test the half-dose regimen, rather than the higher dose that proved less effective in the U.S and Brazil studies. That…

Two companies, Pfizer and Moderna, have announced they have developed effective coronavirus vaccines. Pfizer has sought Food and Drug Administration authorization for emergency use, and Moderna is expected to follow. The vaccines should be “an incentive to have us double…

His selection of Nunez-Smith, a Yale researcher who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, for such a visible post reflects how his incoming administration is trying to reach minority voters, who helped revive his lagging bid for the Democratic…