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Moderna Vs. Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine: How Are These Coronavirus Vaccines Different? Which Is Better?

By, the end of this week, both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines will have been authorized and starting to…

4 years ago

First Americans Get Shots Of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine As Doses Are Shipped Across The Country

Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Robert Redfield green-lighted an advisory committee's recommendation for…

4 years ago

Trump Says He’s Considering Use Of Toxic Plant Extract Oleandrin As COVID-19 Treatment After Pressure From MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell & Ben Carson

After Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, spoke out about oleandrin, a botanical extract from a highly toxic plant, as a…

4 years ago

Federal Government Left With 63 Million Doses Of Hydroxychloroquine After FDA Revokes Emergency Use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization of the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for the…

4 years ago

FDA Revokes Emergency Approval Trump-Promoted Drug Hydroxychloroquine As In ‘Ineffective’

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday revoked emergency approval of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, that the agency originally…

4 years ago

FDA Authorizes At-Home Saliva COVID-19 Test

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first at-home saliva COVID-19 test on Friday. …

5 years ago

Trump Administration Appointed Labradoodle Breeder Brian Harrison To Be First Head Of Coronavirus Task Force

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar tapped former Australian Labradoodle breeder Brian Harrison to be the first…

5 years ago

FDA To Announce Emergency Use Of Remdesivir For COVID-19, Fauci ‘Very Optimistic’

After a trial showed the drug remdesivir shortened recovery time for the coronavirus, the FDA plans to announce emergency authorization…

5 years ago

Novartis Beginning Phase 3 Of Clinical Trial In Trump-Touted Drug, Hydroxychloroquine, For Coronavirus Patients

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, Novartis, have reached an agreement allowing the company to…

5 years ago

Trump Announces 5 Minute Rapid-Result Coronavirus Test To Be Distributed This Week

President Donald Trump said on Sunday the Food and Drug Administration approved a new rapid test kit for the novel…

5 years ago

FDA Discourages Using At-Home Coronavirus Test, Testing Companies Pause Sales

Everlywell and Nurx, two popular home testing companies announced they have created an at-home coronavirus test consumers can purchase. On…

5 years ago

Trump Says “Anyone Who Wants A Test Can Get A Test,” But Administration Says ‘Not Quite’ On Coronavirus Test

President Donald Trump contradicted statements from his own administration on Friday by saying “anyone who wants a test can get…

5 years ago

Trump Blames Obama For Slowness Of Coronavirus Response

President Donald Trump attempted to scapegoat former President Barack Obama for the White House's initial slowness in combating the coronavirus (COVID-19) by…

5 years ago

At Melania Trump’s Urging, Trump Administration Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes

The Trump administration plans to ban non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes. After the FDA finalizes the plan, non-tobacco e-vaping tools will no…

5 years ago

FDA Suspends Routine Food Supply Inspections Due To Government Shutdown

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has suspended its routine inspections of food supply amid the partial…

6 years ago