The shot combines Pfizer’s experimental flu vaccine and the companies’ jointly-produced Covid shot targeting BA.4 and BA.5 omicron variants.
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Permanent Daylight Saving Time Would Cut Collisions With Deer And Save Lives, Study Finds
Researchers estimate the annual clock change in November kills 33 people and 36,550 deer in car crashes and causes nearly $1.2 billion in damages.
CVS, Walgreens And Walmart Agree To Pay More Than $10 Billion To Settle Opioid Claims
CVS announced Wednesday it had agreed to pay $5 billion, while Walgreens and Walmart also reportedly reached billion-dollar settlement deals.
1 In 3 Women Live More Than 60 Minutes From An Abortion Clinic After Roe Was Overturned, Study Finds
Women would need to travel an average of 100 minutes to reach an abortion clinic, researchers found, up from less than 30 minutes before the Supreme Court’s decision.
First RSV Vaccine On The Horizon—Pfizer Touts Strong Trial Results As Children’s Hospitals Count Soaring Cases
Pfizer said the vaccine, which is given to pregnant people to protect infants from birth, was safe, well-tolerated and had an efficacy of nearly 70% against severe respiratory illness from RSV in the first six months of life.
Guests Trapped In Disney On Halloween As China Locks Down Theme Park Over Covid Scare
The Shanghai Disneyland lockdown comes as Foxconn workers reportedly fled restrictions at the firm’s large iPhone factory.
RSV Infections Are Spiking Among Kids And Swamping Children’s Hospitals — Here’s What Parents Need To Know
Though RSV infections typically cause mild cold-like symptoms and go away on their own after a few weeks, the virus is potentially lethal for very young children and it is one of the world’s biggest infant killers.
Cancer Deaths Continue Falling In U.S., Report Finds
Cancer death rates in the U.S. fell by 2.1% each year between 2015 and 2019.
Covid Hospitalizations Climb Again As Another U.S. Wave Looms Large—These States Lead The Way
Around 2,500 people are dying with Covid each week as cases rise rapidly in some states and hospitalizations climb after weeks of decline.
Germany Moves To Legalize Cannabis—Would Be Largest European Country To Do So
Health minister Karl Lauterbach said Germany’s government-regulated model could serve as an example for the whole of Europe, where only a few countries have decriminalized cannabis and only one, Malta, has legalized it.
