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An FDA committee votes to roll out a new COVID vaccination strategy
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation’s approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.
CDC advisers back expansion of COVID boosters for all adults
Hours after the Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine for all adults 18 years and older, a panel of experts endorsed their use with a few caveats.
FDA Advisers Weigh Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Experts will assess the benefits and risks of authorizing what could be the first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the U.S.
Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Daily Life
How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll.
Poll: Young People More Likely To Defer Health Care Because Of Cost
A third of people under 35 said cost led them to put off some form of health care, compared with only 8 percent of people 65 and older, a poll by NPR and IBM Watson Health found.
Poll: Most Americans Know About Opioid Antidote And Are Willing To Use It
While a majority of Americans know about naloxone, there is confusion about the fact that in most places a prescription isn’t required to obtain the emergency overdose treatment.
Atul Gawande Named CEO Of Health Venture By Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan
A surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Gawande is probably best known for his work writing about how to improve quality and lower costs in health care.
