Category: pharma

CVS Expands Covid-19 Vaccines To Drugtores In 29 States

CVS Health said it will nearly double its Covid-19 vaccination efforts to U. S. pharmacies in 29 states and Puerto Rico.

Walgreens Expands Covid-19 Vaccination To Pharmacies In 39 States

Walgreens is increasing Covid-19 vaccination to pharmacies in 43 states and jurisdictions.

Can Antidepressant Medication Fluvoxamine Prevent Severe Covid-19 From Coronavirus?

Even with Covid-19 vaccines now available, there’s a need for better Covid-19 treatments. Fluvoxamine has long been on the market to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, and depression.

Health Insurers’ Big Ad Blitz Touts How ‘Care Changes Everything’ In Pandemic

America’s Health Insurance Plans will spend at least $10 million on a national education campaign to show how health plans are “are working together to deliver affordable and accessible care and coverage.”

JAMA Posts Podcast On Structural Racism, Here Is The Backlash

JAMA promoted the podcast with a tweet that claimed “no physician is racist.” Here’s how the Twittersphere reacted.

WHO Recommends Against Hydroxychloroquine To Prevent Covid-19, Oklahoma Is Stuck With Piles Of It

Oklahoma is apparently trying to negotiate a return of 1.2 million hydroxychloroquine pills that the state purchased last year for around $2 million.

What Is ‘Covid Arm’ After Getting The Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine?

Some have been using the term “Moderna arm” to describe this large rash than may emerge days after you get the Covid-19 vaccine.

A Zombie Apocalypse Prediction For 2021? CDC Has A Preparedness Guide

Did French philosopher Nostradamus predict a zombie apocalypse for the year 2021?

Johnson & Johnson CEO: Merck Partnership Goal To Exceed 100 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses By June

Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said the company’s new partnership with Merck to produce Covid-19 vaccines could exceed a goal to produce 100 million doses by June for the U.S.

Can This Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine Side Effect Be Mistaken For Cancer?

Here is what’s meant by axillary lymphadenopathy and what can potentially cause it.