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FDA approves Opill, the first daily birth control pill without a prescription
From convenience stores to online, the tablet “will be an available option for millions of people in the United States,” the director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research says.
Rochelle Walensky, who led the CDC during the pandemic, resigns
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced her exit on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency.
Federal judge in Texas hears case that could force a major abortion pill off market
If the case succeeds, it could have sweeping repercussions — for abortion clinics and patients across the nation, as well as for the FDA’s drug-approval process.
The 4 kidnapped Americans are part of a large wave of U.S. medical tourism in Mexico
Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.
Here’s why Dr. Fauci says the U.S. is ‘out of the pandemic phase’
Vaccinations and residual immunity are among the reasons, President Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, as the number of deaths drop and hospitalizations rise only slightly.
800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike
The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago.
800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike
The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago.
Pfizer says its COVID-19 pill cuts disease’s worst risks by 89%
Based on the strength of the trial’s results, Pfizer says it will ask the FDA for emergency use authorization rather than enroll more people for clinical trials.
People who want organ transplants must get the COVID-19 vaccine, a hospital says
The UCHealth hospital system in Colorado says unvaccinated patients won’t be eligible for an organ transplant, citing the “significant risk the virus poses to transplant recipients.”
A Teen Called For Masks In School After His Grandma Died Of COVID. Adults Mocked Him
“If they laugh at me about a personal story about my grandmother, that’s just disrespectful, I feel,” Tennessee teenager Grady Knox reportedly said.
