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Paxlovid free so far, but sticker shock awaits next year if you need the COVID treatment

Within months, the government plans to stop footing the bill — and millions of the uninsured and seniors might have to pay full price. Experts say that means fewer people will get the potentially life-saving treatments.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tory MP urged to apologise and correct record on ‘dangerous’ Covid vaccine claim

Andrew Bridgen described mRNA vaccines as ‘experimental’.

The Independent UK

A bitter pill to swallow: Family calls for health changes a year on from daughter’s sudden death

A coroner has found the contraceptive pill may have led to 17-year-old Isabella Alexander's death - and now her family are calling for changes to how it’s prescribed.

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Penn scientists made a universal flu vaccine using mRNA, and they plan to test it in humans

PHILADELPHIA — For years, scientists have tried, and failed, to make a one-and-done vaccine that would provide at least partial protection against all types of the flu.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Covid vaccines for babies as young as six months as UK approves Pfizer jab

Children between the age of six months and four years will receive a dose 10 times lower than that of the adult jab

Wales Online

UK approves Covid vaccines for babies as young as six months could soon get Pfizer jab

Britain's health regulator has today authorised the Pfizer vaccine for infants as young as six months, as the decision opens the door for advisers to choose whether the jab should be given to under-fives

Daily Mirror

Covid: UK health regulator backs Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for babies as young as six months

The move opens the door to vaccinating the country’s youngest children should the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation agree

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The business of clinical trials is booming. Private equity has taken notice

After finding success investing in the more obviously lucrative corners of American medicine — like surgery centers and dermatology practices — private equity firms have moved aggressively into the industry’s more hidden niches: They are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials.

Tribune News Service

Pfizer to invest $750M in Kalamazoo area facility, add hundreds of new jobs

LANSING, Michigan— Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will invest $750 million in its southwest Michigan facility to increase capacity for manufacturing sterile injectable medications, creating 300 new jobs, the company announced Monday.

Tribune News Service

Pfizer asks FDA to clear updated COVID shot for kids under 5

Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to authorize its updated COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5

The Independent UK

‘Bonkers’ Covid plans, Boris’ vaccine dance and post-affair ‘misery’: 13 bombshells from Matt Hancock’s memoir

The former health secretary’s diaries lay the blame squarely on everyone — except himself and new partner Gina Coladangelo. Katie Strick picks his standout quotes from the extracts released so far

Evening Standard

5 Amazing Stocks You Won’t Ever Regret Buying

Easing inflation and the Fed’s indication of slowing the pace of interest rate hikes are raising investors’ sentiments. Moreover, the November job report came in better than expected. While uncertainties remain, we think quality stocks Pfizer (PFE), AstraZeneca PLC (AZN), Carrier Global (CARR), J. Jill (JILL), and Lifeway Foods (LWAY)…

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China dumping its draconian ‘zero COVID’ policy could come at the huge cost of rampant infections: 'This will spread like wildfire'

The end result could be “hundreds of millions” of infected Chinese, Dr. Ali Mokdad, a professor at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said.

Fortune

Pfizer to create over 400 new Dublin with jobs €1.2 billion expansion

The company employs over 5,000 people in Ireland

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3 Stocks That Still Have Room to Run

With the October inflation report showing signs of cooling and anticipations of a slowdown in interest rate hikes, the stock market looks poised to extend its recent rally. Hence, it could be wise to invest in fundamentally sound stocks Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Raytheon Technologies (RTX) that still…

Irish Mirror

Doctors admit Covid vaccine possibly linked to 'mystery' death of Longford woman

Ms Brady told the inquest her family had found it 'very insulting and upsetting' that her mother had been described as 'a mystery patient' at the hospital in Mullingar because nobody had any answers about what was causing her illness.

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1 High-Dividend Stock to Add to Your Portfolio if You Haven’t Already

Amid prevalent COVID-19 cases, vaccine pioneer Pfizer (PFE) is significantly benefiting. Moreover, the company beat wall street expectations in the third quarter with a robust financial result and raised its revenue and EPS guidance for the year. Given its strong fundamentals, the stock could be a wise addition to your…

The Independent UK

Universal flu vaccine could be ready for human use in two years – expert

The US researchers have created a vaccine based on the same mRNA technology used in the Covid-19 jabs from Moderna and Pfizer.

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COVID risk could rise again as federal funding drains, Chicago’s top doc warns

The city will soon lose hundreds of millions of dollars in public health funding as federal pandemic aid runs out. That, combined with low booster shot participation, could spell another surge in COVID, Dr. Allison Arwady says.

Reuters

Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine

An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice and ferrets, potentially opening a pathway to a universal flu shot that might help prevent future pandemics, according to a U.S. study published on Thursday.

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3 Strong Buy Stocks to Continue to Hold Onto in 2023

As the Fed’s aggressive monetary policy resulted in slightly cooled inflation last month, investors are hopeful of smaller rate hikes ahead. However, since a recession is expected to hit the economy next year, we think fundamentally sound stocks Pfizer (PFE), Flowers Foods (FLO), and Xperi (XPER), which are rated Strong…

Wales Online

Boy, 14, died three weeks after having Covid vaccine

A coroner has said there will be a 'considerable investigation'

The Independent UK

US renews push for COVID boosters as data show they protect

Americans who have gotten the updated COVID-19 boosters appear better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven't — at least for now

Daily Mirror

Death of boy, 14, three weeks after Covid jab of 'significant public concern' - coroner

Joseph McGinty died at home on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland, three weeks after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 jab, with a coroner describing the death as a "significant public concern"

The Conversation

Intellectual property waiver for COVID vaccines should be expanded to include treatments and tests

Global inequities in access to COVID vaccines have turned out to be a “catastrophic moral failure”, just as the World Health Organization warned they would in January 2021. Yet it took 20 months of negotiations for members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to agree to a limited relaxation of…

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