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Smart drugs can now spot the chinks in cancer’s armour

This killer disease evolves to hide and avoid detection from the cells that would destroy it, but as recent trials show, scientists are wising up to cancer's defences

Mohammed Mansour 03 September 2026

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 January 2023

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Pfizer/BioNTech Seek FDA Nod For New COVID Boosters For Children

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and its German partner BioNTech on Monday sought the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authorization for an Omicron-tailored COVID-19 vaccine booster for children aged 5 through…

26 September 2022

Nutrition labels are seen on food packaging on February 27, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS)

Nutrition Science Moves On

Do you ever feel like figuring out what to eat is harder than doing your own taxes? If so, you may be among the health-conscious Americans who actually noticed that the Food and Drug Administration…

Richard Williams 28 August 2021

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 July 2021

Are Rewards for Getting COVID-19 Vaccinations Really Such a Great Idea?

At first, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 seemed like enough of a reward. You got the satisfaction of protecting your health and that of the people around you, and the knowledge that soon you…

Doyle McManus 15 June 2021

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