Category: Breaking

Moderna Expects Vaccine Data For Kids Ages 2-5 By March

The company is also evaluating boosters for 12- to 17-year-olds as Covid-related hospitalizations for children reach record levels.

Higher-Grade Masks Beginning To Be Required In Public Places Across U.S.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Guggenheim Museum, Cornell University and University of Southern California are some of the places requiring people to wear higher grade medical masks.

Denmark First In Europe To Offer 4th Covid Vaccine Dose

Denmark joins Israel and Chile as the only countries to approve a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose.

White House ‘Strongly Considering’ Giving Out N95 Masks — But CDC Still Not Changing Guidelines To Recommend Them

The highly transmissible omicron variant has prompted calls for people to wear better quality masks like N95s and K95s to protect themselves.

White House Promises Millions Of Free Covid Tests To Schools — As Students, Teachers Protest

Students and teachers across the country are walking out or protesting their school’s inadequate Covid-19 response as the omicron variant surges.

Medicare Seeks To Limit Coverage For Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

Doctors demanded the FDA revoke its approval for the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, which can cause side effects like brain bleeding.

Medicare Won’t Pay For Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm Without A New Trial

In a key decision, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said today that Medicare will not pay for the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Adulhelm until it sees positive results from a government-approved trial.

U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Set New Record — Especially In These States

Almost 150,000 Americans are hospitalized with Covid-19 — and hospitals are more than 80% full in several hard-hit states.

More Americans Are Social Distancing Than At Any Point Since Spring 2021, Poll Finds

As the omicron variant surges, a growing number of people report wearing a mask all the time, social distancing and avoiding public places and gatherings.

Fauci Clashes With Rand Paul At Senate Hearing: ‘You Keep Distorting The Truth’

The exchange between the NIAID director and Kentucky senator became heated quickly.