Associated Press
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The FDA gave permission for the sale of a brand of e-cigarettes — saying the product can help adult quit smoking. At the same time, it rejected many flavored products which are popular with teens. -
Noubar Afeyan also reiterated a pledge Moderna made a year ago not to enforce patent infringement on anyone else making a coronavirus vaccine during the pandemic.
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If approved for use, the pills would add an easy-to-use weapon to the arsenal against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says people should go out and enjoy Halloween but those not vaccinated for COVID-19 should consider doing so for the “extra degree of protection.”
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Florida is the last state to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education that's required before more than $2.3 billion in federal aid for Florida schools can be released.
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A panel of FDA advisers meets next week to consider boosters for both Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines.
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He was appointed National Insitutes of Health director in 2009 by President Barack Obama and was asked to remain in that post by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
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Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian identified receptors in the skin as part of their work in the field of somatosensation.
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Health experts say the fourth wave of the pandemic has peaked overall in the U.S., particularly in the Deep South, But many Northern states are still struggling with rising cases.
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The pharmaceutical company announced that its experimental pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people infected with the coronavirus. The findings are not peer reviewed.
