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  • US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla attends a press conference on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 25, 2022. – Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at a not-for-profit basis to the world’s poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    Pfizer says it will slash drug prices for the poorest nations. But the devil is in the details

    By Drew Armstrong and Bloomberg
  • BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – JUNE 09: People are seen without face mask at a cafe as Belgium lifted mandatory mask-wearing outdoors in Brussels, Belgium on June 09, 2021. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    From Brussels to Sydney, cities around the world are lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions

    By Drew Armstrong, Demetrios Pogkas, and others
  • U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/PoolHealth

    Biden plans to donate an additional 500 million Pfizer shots abroad

    By Josh Wingrove, Drew Armstrong, and others
  • A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. As the novel coronavirus has spread in the U.S., the CDC is under increasing heat to defend a shaky rollout of crucial testing kits. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/BloombergHealth

    CDC recruits outsiders to lead a new center on disease forecasting

    By Drew Armstrong, Fiona Rutherford, and others
  • Prime Minister Scott Morrison Announces Two New COVID-19 Vaccine Supply AgreementsInternational

    Germany funded the development of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine—not U.S.’s Operation Warp Speed

    By Riley Griffin, Drew Armstrong, and others
  • US-POLITICS-HEALTH-VIRUSHealth

    Trump names 2 new heads of ‘Operation Warp Speed,’ the effort to develop coronavirus vaccine

    By Jennifer Jacobs, Drew Armstrong, and others
  • US President Donald Trump looks on during a press briefing in March. On April 30, the Trump administration said it would organize a Manhattan-style project to coordinate a vaccine.Politics

    The U.S. has a new plan to fast-track a COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Operation Warp Speed’

    By Jennifer Jacobs, Drew Armstrong, and others
  • Gilead remdesivir priceFinance

    Gilead shares tumble on reports that the Chinese trial of its coronavirus drug was not successful

    By Drew Armstrong, Robert Langreth, and others
  • Gilead coronavirus drug effective in coronavirus patients: reportHealth

    Gilead stock surges on report of coronavirus drug patients ‘seeing rapid recoveries’

    By Drew Armstrong and Bloomberg
  • Mike Pence is expected to roll out plans Tuesday to mitigate the effect of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.Health

    The U.S. can’t contain coronavirus, it just hopes to mitigate its impact

    By Daniel Flatley, Drew Armstrong, and others
  • Northwell Labs 100,000 sq ft Facility Prepares To Test For CoronavirusHealth

    Coronavirus: Fewer than 6,000 samples have been tested in the U.S.

    By Jennifer Jacobs, Drew Armstrong, and others
  • The Trump administration has decided against requiring cigarette nicotine levels to be greatly reduced.Politics

    Slashing Cigarette Nicotine Levels No Longer on FDA’s Agenda

    By Drew Armstrong and Bloomberg
  • A red neon sign for the drug store Rite AidMPW

    Rite Aid Names New CEO, Brings Number of Women CEOs on Fortune 500 to Record High

    By Drew Armstrong and Bloomberg