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U.S. faces final step in race to give Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine the green lightThursday's meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel is likely the last step before a U.S. decision to begin shipping millions of doses of the shot.HealthDec 10, 2020
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Pfizer meets safety, efficacy guidelines for its coronavirus vaccine: FDAPfizer cleared the next hurdle in the race to get its COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in the U.S. on Tuesday.WorldDec 8, 2020
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U.S. allows emergency use of 1st antibody drug for coronavirusThe therapy is still undergoing additional testing to establish its safety and effectiveness.HealthNov 9, 2020
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FDA approves first coronavirus drug, may help recoveryThe drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.WorldOct 22, 2020
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White House blocks new coronavirus vaccine guidelines that would delay approvalThe Food and Drug Administration's new guidelines included a requirement that clinical trial participants be followed for two months to ensure there are no side effects.WorldOct 5, 2020
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Cystic fibrosis drug found to be ‘life-changing’ in new Dalhousie studyThe drug that could increase the life span of a person living with cystic fibrosis by nine years on average, isn’t available in Canada.CanadaAug 24, 2020
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Should e-cigarettes be banned amid coronavirus? Why some U.S. lawmakers are pushing for itParticipants who smoked both cigarettes and e-cigarettes were between five and seven times more likely to contract the virus.HealthAug 12, 2020
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U.S. FDA approves emergency authorization for coronavirus antigen test with fast resultsThe test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs swiped inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement.WorldMay 9, 2020
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First at-home saliva test to detect coronavirus authorized by U.S. FDARutgers received the U.S. FDA's permission last month to collect saliva samples from patients at test sites and Friday's decision expands the permission to sample collection at the convenience of people's homes.HealthMay 8, 2020
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Remdesivir, hailed as potential COVID-19 treatment, gets emergency U.S. FDA green lightAn emergency use authorization by the FDA is not the same as drug approval.HealthMay 1, 2020
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