Pfizer Inc. announced on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to its COVID-19 vaccine, positioning the vaccine for full approval by January. The Pfizer vaccine has been administered to more Americans...

Giving a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines to adults with weakened immune systems — the immunocompromised — will be up for discussion during a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel meeting next week. At...

The first full approval of a drug to treat lymphoma in dogs has been granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “While canine lymphoma affects fewer than 70,000 dogs in the U.S. annually, it accounts for...

Fully vaccinated Americans may be able to visit Canada by mid-August, and fully vaccinated travelers from all countries may be able to visit by early September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. In response to the COVID-19...

FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — One balmy Wednesday evening, Kumar Seetharam devoured a slice of cheese pizza at his in-laws’ house, then headed to a tennis court to hit balls with his 15-year-old...

Public health officials and government workers are trying everything they can to promote COVID-19 vaccination — advertisements, news releases, cash lotteries, and even incentives like free beer, joints or doughnuts in some places. But nothing sways a...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Thursday called on tech companies, health care workers, journalists and even ordinary Americans to do more to fight vaccine misinformation. In a 22-page advisory, Murthy wrote that false claims have...

Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, July 16: Changing the minds of anti-vax friends, family is in your hands. What does it take to alter someone’s view on getting the COVID vaccine? The example and...

Surging coronavirus cases have prompted Los Angeles County to once again require people to wear masks indoors, even if they’re vaccinated. The nation’s largest county has had more than 1,000 new cases each day for a week,...

Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $345 million in a proposed settlement to resolve lawsuits over steep EpiPen price increases. EpiPens are auto-injectable devices that deliver the drug epinephrine for emergency treatment of a life-threatening allergic reaction...