A peacekeeping force will be deployed for a ‘limited’ period of time to stabilize the situation in Kazakhstan, the chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikol Pashinyan, has announced. “In response to the appeal by [President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev] and considering a threat to national security and sovereignty of …
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On Monday, the EMA backed the use of Nuvaxovid, a vaccine developed by Novavax, for adults, making it the fifth Covid shot to date to be given the green light by the bloc’s drugs regulator. “After a thorough evaluation, the EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) concluded by consensus that the …
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The drug, known under the generic name mifepristone, is part of a two-drug cocktail used to end pregnancies that are less than 10 weeks along. It was originally approved in 2000, but had to be obtained in person at a clinic, medical office or hospital. The FDA suspended the enforcement …
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) informed Congress on Thursday, as required by law, that the proposed sale “will support US foreign policy and national security” by “helping to improve the security of a friendly country that continues to be an important force for political and economic progress in the …
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“It is our ongoing responsibility to make sure as many people as possible are vaccinated and protected from Covid-19,” Walensky told the panel on Tuesday, calling it a “monumental day.” The CDC data shows 172 children in the targeted age group have died from the virus, and over 8,300 have …
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“We’re never going to learn about how safe the vaccine is unless we start giving it,” editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and Harvard adjunct professor Eric Rubin argued last week, his words buried within the eight-hour barrage of presentations and discussions that swirled around the FDA advisory …
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The top US regulator announced the move on Wednesday, saying that in addition to Pfizer’s formulation, jabs developed by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson may now be used for booster doses. Moreover, the FDA also gave the green light to a “heterologous” – or “mix and match” – booster regimen, …
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“The World Health Organization is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa,” the UN-backed health watchdog said in a press release on Wednesday. “This is a historic moment. The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria …
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The House Armed Services Committee held a marathon session on Wednesday to markup the spending under the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Lawmakers from both parties joined forces to defy President Joe Biden’s intention to keep the Pentagon budget at $715 billion for next year, essentially keeping it at …
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Judge Robert Drain of the US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York authorized the settlement on Wednesday, forcing the Sackler family – which owns Purdue – to shell out more than $4 billion and dissolve the company after a flurry of lawsuits linked to OxyContin and its role in …
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