The move was expected to kick off a round of new vaccination mandates from hospitals, schools and private companies.
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Ivermectin Should Not Be Used to Treat Covid, F.D.A. Says
“You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.”
C.D.C. Panel Endorses Third Vaccine Shot for Immunocompromised
The added dose will bolster protection for people who have weakened immune systems because of cancer treatments, transplant surgery and other medical interventions.
F.D.A. Gives Approval for Emergent Vaccine Plant in Baltimore to Reopen
After a two-day inspection, the F.D.A. said operations could start again at the Emergent BioSolutions site where Johnson & Johnson doses were contaminated.
J&J Vaccine Shelf-Life Extended by F.D.A. to Six Months
The decision comes after state health officials were worried that doses of the company’s coronavirus shots would expire and go to waste.
J.&J. Vaccine May Be Less Effective Against Delta, Study Suggests
Many who received the shot may need to consider boosters, the authors said. But federal health officials do not recommend second doses.
U.S. Base in Alabama Requires Some G.I.s to Prove Vaccination
Fort Rucker, with 5,000 uniformed soldiers, is in a state where the Delta variant is driving up coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
F.D.A. Attaches Warning of Rare Nerve Syndrome to Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine
Federal regulators concluded that the risk of developing the syndrome was low, and that the benefits of the vaccine still strongly outweigh it.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome and the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: What to Know
The link between the rare neurological disorder and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine may be real, but the risk appears to be very small.
Breath-Based Coronavirus Tests Are Being Developed
“It’s clear now, I think, that you can detect this disease with a breath test,” said one scientist.