Health
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
FDA delays decision on Moderna coronavirus vaccine for adolescents to evaluate myocarditis risk
Moderna said in a news release that the FDA indicated it will take until at least January to complete the review of its application for use in 12- to 17-year- olds.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2021
FDA clears the way for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11
On Tuesday, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make more detailed recommendations on which youngsters should get vaccinated, with a final decision by the agency’s director expected shortly afterward.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2021
U.S. intelligence agencies don’t expect to determine origins of COVID-19
A White House-ordered review does, however, say that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon and that most agencies conclude it was not genetically engineered.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Vaccine reluctance in Eastern Europe leads to painful COVID-19 cost
Russia on Thursday recorded its largest daily toll since the pandemic began and the Kremlin ordered people not to go to work until Nov. 7.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Facebook knew, but didn’t tell, how COVID misinformation was being spread, documents show
Documents underline just how extensively Facebook was studying coronavirus and vaccine misinformation on its platform as the virus tore across the world, unearthing findings that concerned its own employees.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2021
Cigarette sales rose last year for first time in two decades
The new FTC data suggest more Americans turned to smoking last year amid the stress of a fractured economy and a once-in-a-generation public health crisis.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Election ‘distracted’ Trump team from pandemic response, former official Birx tells Congress
More than 130,000 American lives could have been saved with swifter action and better coordinated public health messages after the virus' first wave, Deborah Birx told lawmakers.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2021
Recipients of Johnson & Johnson shot rush to get boosters
Some snagged long-sought shots on Friday, but others encountered problems with pharmacies and clinics unprepared for the expanded booster rollout.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Inaction on climate change imperils millions of lives, doctors say
The death toll from climate change will outstrip that of the coronavirus, scientists warned, unless drastic action is taken to avert further warming.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Wildfire smoke harms more people in eastern U.S. than West, study shows
In the East, the percent of annual asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was smaller than in the West, but due to larger population centers, the total number of asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was higher, a study found.
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