High Covid Hospitalizations Have Delayed Elective Surgeries

In areas inundated with coronavirus patients, hospitals have postponed treatments and surgeries for people with other serious conditions.

Sep-22-2021

Moderna vs. Pfizer: Both Knockouts, but One Seems to Have the Edge

A series of studies found that the Moderna vaccine seemed to be more protective as the months passed than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Here’s why.

Sep-22-2021

Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology

Moderna accepted $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to develop its Covid-19 vaccine. But officials in the U.S. and overseas are having trouble persuading the company to license its technology.

Sep-22-2021

C.D.C. Panel Meeting on Who Gets Pfizer Vaccine Booster

The discussion, which continues on Thursday, could result in most Americans qualifying for an extra shot, or only a select few.

Sep-22-2021

Specialty Pharmacies Cater to the Blind and Those With Impaired Vision

The pandemic has exposed flaws in services for people who can’t easily access a drive-through window for Covid shots or testing or can’t read prescription labels.

Sep-21-2021

John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFAR

Dr. Nkengasong will be the first person of African origin to oversee the U.S. government program combating H.I.V., which has ravaged the continent.

Sep-21-2021

Covid Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says

Vaccinated kids aged 5 to 11 showed evidence of protection against the virus, the company said. The data must be reviewed by the F.D.A. before children can be inoculated.

Sep-22-2021

A New Covid Testing Model Aims to Spare Students From Quarantine

More school districts are embracing “test-to-stay” protocols that allow uninfected close contacts to remain in the classroom.

Sep-20-2021

Russia Vaccinates Indigenous Yamal Herders Against COVID-19

Covid has reached even the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic. So vaccination teams are following, and finding ways to inoculate nomadic herders.

Sep-20-2021

At Covid Summit, Biden Sets Ambitious Goals for Vaccinating the World

But his plans face a tough road as pressure grows for big pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccine technologies with poorer nations.

Sep-22-2021