[ad_1] Ben Smith, left, and Justin Smith Source: Semafor Semafor, a new digital media company with a focus on global news for college educated readers, debuted Tuesday with intentions to bring transparency and clarity to a news business its co-founders believe has become too polarized. Semafor has been preparing for …
Read More »Omicron BA.5 is declining as emerging variants gain ground: CDC data
[ad_1] The U.S. faces at least seven different versions of Covid-19 omicron as the nation heads into winter when health officials are expecting another wave of viral infections. Although the omicron BA.5 variant remains dominant in the country, it is starting to lose some ground to other versions of the …
Read More »This income-building fund stayed resilient this year by focusing on the ‘power of dividends’
[ad_1] Ben Kirby says his fund has stayed resilient this year by doing what it’s always done: remembering the “power of dividends.” While the S & P 500 slid into a bear market this year, down more than 25%, the Thornburg Investment Income Builder (TIBIX) declined 18.5% over the same …
Read More »omicron shots substantially boosted BA.5 antibodies in early human data
[ad_1] Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Thursday said their new omicron boosters substantially increased protective antibodies against the dominant omicron BA.5 subvariant for adults in the first direct human data released to the public on the new shots. The study looked …
Read More »FDA authorizes Covid omicron booster shots for kids
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Covid booster shots that target the omicron variant for preschoolers through elementary school students. Pfizer’s new omicron boosters are now authorized for children ages 5 to 11 and Moderna’s shots for kids ages 6 through 17. The shots are administered two …
Read More »A series of mega-blockbuster drugs are on the horizon. How to invest in the trend
[ad_1] Biopharma companies are having more clinical success treating Alzheimer’s disease and obesity and are taking new approaches in oncology, and that’s creating more mega-blockbuster drugs, according to Bank of America. Analyst Geoff Meacham has identified 20 drugs that have the potential to generate $10 billion or more in annual …
Read More »Covid vaccination tied to increase in length of menstrual cycle: NIH
[ad_1] A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Covid-19 vaccination is linked to a slight increase in the length of a …
Read More »Moderna asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid boosters for children as young as 6 years old
[ad_1] Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 4 year-old Eleanor Kahn sits with her father Alex, as nurse Jillian Mercer administers the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California, U.S., June 21, 2022. Mike Blake …
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