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US issues world's first approval of RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness.
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US approves world's first RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved GSK's Arexy vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which can cause severe pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants and the elderly.
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Pfizer buys biotech firm Seagen for $43 billion
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Monday that it had reached a deal to buy biotech firm Seagen, specializing in innovative cancer treatment, for $43 billion.
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Covid infection gives similar immunity to vaccination: study
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» PARIS - The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, one of the largest studies conducted on the subject said on Friday.
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Chinese take risks on black-market Covid drugs
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» BEIJING: Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud.
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EU watchdog backs Sanofi Covid booster jab
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» THE HAGUE - The EU on Thursday approved a Covid booster vaccine by French drug maker Sanofi and Britain's GSK after it gave positive results against the Omicron variant in trials.
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Medicine Prize opens Nobel week clouded by war
AFP, Published on 03/10/2022
» STOCKHOLM - Breast cancer discoveries and mRNA vaccines are seen as possible winners when the Nobel Medicine Prize kicks off a week of winner announcements on Monday, with this year's awards held under the shadow of war in Europe.
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US approves updated Pfizer, Moderna shots targeting Omicron
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - US health officials on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccinations by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that specifically target the latest strains of the Omicron variant, with the goal of jump-starting a new booster campaign.
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A Covid tale of two presidents
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - More than two years into the pandemic, a second US president has tested positive for Covid.
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Biden tests positive for Covid, 'very mild symptoms'
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, his administration announced, saying the 79-year-old leader was experiencing "mild symptoms" and would carry out his full duties while isolating at the White House.
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