Month: November 2020
The Moderna vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data released Monday by the company, making it the second vaccine in the United States to have a stunningly high success rate.
Of any state, California has the most to lose if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Affordable Care Act. Health care coverage for millions of people is at stake, as are billions in federal dollars
A national lockdown as Covid-19 cases tick up is "a measure of last resort," the co-chair of Joe Biden's coronavirus taskforce, Vivek Murthy, said Sunday.
Americans can expect that about 25 to 30 million people could be vaccinated each month afterward, said Moncef Slaoui, co-lead of Operation Warp Speed.
Pfizer Inc PFE.N has launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states, as the U.S. drugmaker seeks to address distribution challenges facing its ultra-cold storage requirements
A rapid finger-prick test designed to show whether a person has previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2 is significantly less accurate than earlier research suggested, scientists report in a new study.
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines? No decision has been made, but the consensus among many experts in the U.S. and globally is that health care workers should be first, said Sema Sgaier of the Surgo Foundation, a nonprofit group working on vaccine allocation issues. An expert panel advising the U.S. Centers ...
Amazon.com Inc. unveiled its biggest push into selling prescription drugs with the launch of a digital pharmacy and discounts for paying U.S. Prime members that sent shock waves through shares of drugstore chains and distributors.
President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office with a split Congress, making any massive healthcare policy overhauls unlikely. But employers could still see some traction on a few key priorities.
Americans deserve to know how their health care dollars are being used. America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has taken a closer look, analyzing data from 2016-2018 to understand where Americans’ health care premium dollars are being spent in the commercial market