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Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

How a database of vaccine side effects sowed doubt in vaccinations

Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

December 13, 2021, 6:00am Health

Midway into the pandemic, University of Alabama epidemiologist Bertha Hidalgo realized her COVID-19 communication strategy needed a makeover. Read story

Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory

December 12, 2021, 9:56am Health

Citing mounting evidence of ongoing harm, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday issued a public health advisory on the mental health challenges confronting youth, a rare warning and call to action to address what he called an emerging crisis exacerbated by pandemic hardships. Read story

Cutting off or reducing audio-only payments for doctor consultations could lead providers to sharply curtail telehealth services, warn some physician groups and other experts.

Postpandemic, what’s a phone call from your physician worth?

Cutting off or reducing audio-only payments for doctor consultations could lead providers to sharply curtail telehealth services, warn some physician groups and other experts.

December 12, 2021, 6:02am Business

Maybe this has happened to you recently: Your doctor telephoned to check in with you, chatting for 11 to 20 minutes, perhaps answering a question you contacted her office with, or asking how you’re responding to a medication change. Read story

Candice Davis, 30, high-fives her brother, Ali Davis, in her hospital bed at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia on Nov. 30, 2021. Davis had to have all her limbs partially amputated after a serious bout with COVID-19 in August. Davis has been in high spirits recently, accepting her new reality and journey moving forward.

COVID-19 is making amputations more common. Two Philly-area survivors tell their stories

Candice Davis, 30, high-fives her brother, Ali Davis, in her hospital bed at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia on Nov. 30, 2021. Davis had to have all her limbs partially amputated after a serious bout with COVID-19 in August. Davis has been in high spirits recently, accepting her new reality and journey moving forward.

December 12, 2021, 6:00am Health

When Candice Davis contracted COVID-19 in August, she quarantined herself in her South Philadelphia apartment and settled in for what she thought would be a short recovery. Read story

A title fight pits physician assistants against doctors

December 12, 2021, 6:00am Health

After 23 years as a physician assistant, Leslie Clayton remains rankled by one facet of her vocation: its title. Specifically, the word “assistant.” Read story

Inquiry finds OHSU misconduct investigations are subpar

December 10, 2021, 5:23pm Health

Oregon Health & Science University lacks clear policies on handling, documenting and investigating reported misconduct, an inquiry by former Attorney General Eric Holder’s law firm has found. Read story

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. The World Health Organization has appointed an independent scientific panel to advise on whether vaccine shots need reformulating because of omicron or any other mutant. (Hannah A.

FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, opens extra dose to age 16

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. The World Health Organization has appointed an independent scientific panel to advise on whether vaccine shots need reformulating because of omicron or any other mutant. (Hannah A.

December 9, 2021, 10:44am Health

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine. Read story

FILE - Used syringes in a bin at Swaminarayan School vaccination centre, in London, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. The World Health Organization expressed concerns that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again. It said that could complicate efforts to stamp out the pandemic. The U.N. health agency reiterated its advice to governments against wide-scale use of boosters in their populations so that well-stocked countries instead can send doses to vulnerable people in poorer countries that have largely lacked access to them.

WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

FILE - Used syringes in a bin at Swaminarayan School vaccination centre, in London, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. The World Health Organization expressed concerns that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again. It said that could complicate efforts to stamp out the pandemic. The U.N. health agency reiterated its advice to governments against wide-scale use of boosters in their populations so that well-stocked countries instead can send doses to vulnerable people in poorer countries that have largely lacked access to them.

December 9, 2021, 8:02am Business

The World Health Organization expressed concerns Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. Read story

FILE - Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass.

$56K Alzheimer’s drug avoids Biden’s cost curbs – for now

FILE - Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass.

December 8, 2021, 4:56pm Business

A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest increases ever in Medicare premiums is highlighting the limitations of President Joe Biden’s strategy for curbing prescription drug costs. Read story

FILE - Dr. Manjul Shukla transfers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass. Pfizer said Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective.

Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron

FILE - Dr. Manjul Shukla transfers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass. Pfizer said Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective.

December 8, 2021, 12:02pm Business

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Read story