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The FDA decision to approve Aduhelm set off a firestorm because critics say there is scant evidence the drug is effective.

As the president seeks to restore America’s luster abroad, he faces multiple diplomatic challenges at his first foreign meeting

So-called “joints for jabs” and similar campaigns have been around for months, with cannabis activist groups and dispensaries offering joints for vaccines. Now, a state itself is promoting the idea.

But vaccines appear to be highly effective in blocking symptoms of the latest, fast-spreading version of the coronavirus, health officials reported June 8.

The money is intended to be used to acquire vaccines for more than 50 million people, boost the continent’s vaccine manufacturing and strengthen public health institutions.

There’s no a definitive timeline on when boosters will be necessary, so health authorities have not provided clear recommendations on how those shots should be administered.

Here is what you need to know about the research, label claims and other details about these supplements.

Even as the pandemic appears ready to recede in the United States, dropping below an average of 30,000 new cases daily, it will take years to more fully understand the way the virus afflicts the brain.

It is the first drug cleared that is designed to alter the course of the disease by slowing the deterioration of brain function — not just to ease symptoms.