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FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

The FDA granted approval for use in adults 65 and older – or those 12 to 64 who have at least one health problem that puts them at increased risk...

18.05.2025 5

Fortune

Lauran Neergaard

Trump’s FDA wants a new trial for Novavax’s COVID-19 shot, sparking uncertainty about updates to other vaccines

The unusual move at FDA come shortly after the agency's longtime vaccine chief was forced out over disagreements with Health Secretary Robert F....

29.04.2025 20

Fortune

Lauran Neergaard

Dementia risk is soaring as Americans live longer. 4 steps can help reduce your risk

After age 55, people have up to a 4 in 10 chance of eventually developing dementia—but there are risk factors in your control.

13.01.2025 2

Fortune

Lauran Neergaard

Patients are so sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant that they’re signing up in droves to receive vital organs from pigs

Patients given pig organs have been “compassionate use” transplants, experiments that FDA allows in select emergency cases for people out of other...

17.12.2024 6

Fortune

Lauran Neergaard

What cognitive tests can show—and what they can’t

And presidents aside, does the average adult need one?

10.07.2024 1

Fortune

Lauran Neergaard