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Dec 27 2021
News
Pfizer antiviral pills may be risky with other medications
As the omicron surge pummels a pandemic-weary nation, the first antiviral pills for Covid-19 promise desperately needed protection for people at risk of severe disease. However, many people prescribed Pfizer’s or Merck’s new medications will require careful monitoring by doctors and pharmacists, and the antivirals may not be safe for everyone, experts caution.
The Food and Drug
NBC News DigitalSep 26 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Foreign Policy Actually Affects Elections
From the CenterIt’s a truism in American politics that voters pay little attention to foreign policy when casting their ballots. In the early stages of a foreign conflict with broad popular support, the party in power will usually realize some short-term benefit. And when public backing for the war drops, incumbents are likely to pay a political price. But for the most part, U.S. politics
Dan SchnurJan 15 2021
News
Biden chooses former FDA chief Kessler to help lead U.S. vaccine drive
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen David Kessler, the ex-head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to help lead the COVID-19 vaccine push, his transition team said on Friday.
The news came as Biden was due to outline his plans to ramp up vaccinations amid soaring infections and an early rollout by the Trump administration that Biden has called “a dismal failure.”
ReutersDec 25 2021
Opinion
Christ’s Light In Our Dark Winter
Merry Christmas! Dear readers, I hope you are celebrating the incarnation of our God in style, with joy and laughter and good food and good cheer, surrounded by people you love. I awoke this morning in my childhood bed, in my parents’ home, and will gather around the tree with my siblings and nieces. For us it is a day of feasting and fun and a Christmas much like any other. Vigil has been
The American ConservativeDec 15 2020
News
FDA finds Moderna coronavirus vaccine is effective and safe
The Food and Drug Administration released data showing that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.
The FDA's review, which was published on Tuesday, confirmed Moderna’s previous assessment that its vaccine had an efficacy rate of 94.1% in a trial of 30,000 people. It noted that potential side effects of the vaccine include fever, headache, and fatigue but added that those
Washington ExaminerOct 14 2021
News
'It’s a lie’: Joe Rogan accuses CNN of ‘unfavorably framing’ ivermectin as 'horse dewormer'
Joe Rogan confronted CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta over the network’s portrayal of him taking ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
Rogan slammed CNN’s “lies” about ivermectin as a “horse dewormer” on his podcast Wednesday — Rogan previously took ivermectin pills prescribed by a doctor to help treat COVID-19 in late August. A CNN chyron at the time said, “Joe Rogan says he has Covid, taking livestock
Washington ExaminerSep 21 2021
Opinion
Spin and lies won’t hide the extent of Biden’s border fiasco
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is indisputably good at one part of his job: always referring to the migrant surge at the border as a “challenge,” never a “crisis.”
He visited Del Rio, Texas, recently and refused to use the offending word about more than 10,000 Haitian migrants huddled under a bridge, living among trash with insufficient food and water in sweltering
Rich LowryOct 13 2021
News
'We have to be heard': Texas women travel to seek abortions
The 33-year-old Texas woman drove alone four hours through the night to get to the Louisiana abortion clinic for a consultation. She initially planned to sleep in her car, but an advocacy group helped arrange a hotel room.
Single and with three children ranging from 5 to 13, she worried that adding a baby now would take time, food, money and space away from her three children. She doesn
Associated PressNov 02 2021
Background
Parents' Vaccination Intentions for Young Children Steady
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expected to soon issue emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, 55% of parents of children younger than 12 say they would plan to have their child receive it, while 45% would not. These figures have not wavered in monthly readings since May.
This latest update on parental
GallupDec 11 2020
News
White House chief of staff told FDA chief vaccine must be authorized Friday or he needs to resign
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn he needed to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine by the end of Friday, and if not, he needs to resign, an administration official and a source familiar with the situation tell CNN.
Another person familiar with matter, who also confirmed the
CNN Digital