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U.S. FDA, CDC See Early Signal of Possible Pfizer Bivalent COVID Shot Link to Stroke

A safety monitoring system flagged that U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech's updated COVID-19 shot could be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults, according to…

15, Jan 2023

Paxlovid, Pfizer's anti-viral medication to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this picture illustration taken in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Illustration

U.S. Government to Test Pfizer's Paxlovid For Long COVID

The U.S. National Institutes of Health's $1 billion RECOVER Initiative has picked Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) antiviral drug Paxlovid as the first treatment it will study in patients with long COVID,…

27, Oct 2022

Pfizer To Supply Up To 6 mln COVID Pill Courses For Lower Income Countries

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said it would supply up to 6 million courses of its COVID-19 antiviral treatment to NGO Global Fund for low- and middle-income countries that seek to address worldwide disparities…

23, Sep 2022

A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Here’s Why the FDA Shouldn’t Rush Giving Full Approval to the COVID Vaccines

It’s undoubtedly a coincidence, but two commentators I find most thoughtful and trustworthy both weighed in Wednesday on the question of whether the Food and Drug Administration should just go ahead…

Michael Hiltzik 25, Jul 2021

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U.S. FDA, CDC See Early Signal of Possible Pfizer Bivalent COVID Shot Link to Stroke

U.S. Government to Test Pfizer's Paxlovid For Long COVID

Pfizer To Supply Up To 6 mln COVID Pill Courses For Lower Income Countries

Here’s Why the FDA Shouldn’t Rush Giving Full Approval to the COVID Vaccines

There is no better time to disarm Hezbollah

Then and now: My two very different visits to Damascus

Trump's Iran strategy is irking Israel

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Attempts to destabilise Jordan bear hallmarks of the 'axis'

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