Matthew Perrone

Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer

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  • Merck covid 19 pillHealth

    FDA authorizes Merck COVID pill a day after approving Pfizer’s

    By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
  • Pfizer logo pillHealth

    Pfizer pill becomes first FDA-approved home COVID treatment

    By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
  • FDA approves Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adultsHealth

    FDA approves Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults

    By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, and others
  • Pfizer CEO Albert BourlaHealth

    Pfizer seeks emergency FDA authorization for COVID-19 pill

    By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
  • FLORIDA, USA – AUGUST 24: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine bottles are displayed during a vaccination event, in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States on August 24, 2021. (Photo by Marco Bello/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Health

    FDA authorizes COVID vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11

    By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, and others
  • Vaccines for kidsHealth

    FDA panel backs Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11

    By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, and others
  • Moderna vaccineHealth

    FDA approves Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters, as well as mixing COVID vaccines

    By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others
  • A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna sits on a table top to be used in vaccinating employees in the first round of staff vaccinations at Rose Medical Center Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Health

    FDA advisors unanimously back Moderna COVID boosters for seniors and high risk groups

    By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, and others
  • Medicine pill is seen with Merck logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 4, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Health

    FDA will not make a decision on Merck’s COVID antiviral pill until December

    By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a division of Johnson & Johnson. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration said it is wrestling with whether and when recipients of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need another dose — at six months or as early as two months. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Health

    FDA debates timeline for administering Johnson & Johnson booster shots

    By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others
  • FILE – In this May 19, 2021, file photo, a licensed practical nurse draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Starting Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration convenes its independent advisers for the first stage in the process of deciding whether extra shots of Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines should be dispensed and, if so, who should get them and when. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Health

    FDA panel will advise on Johnson & Johnson booster shots this week

    By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, and others
  • Medicine pills are seen with Merck logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 10, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Health

    Merck asks FDA to authorize its breakthrough COVID antiviral pill

    By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
  • CHINA – 2020/03/23: In this photo illustration the American multinational pharmaceutical company Merck logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the background. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Health

    Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduces hospitalizations and deaths by half

    By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
  • The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at a vaccination clinic for homeless people, hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and United Way on September 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. – Covid-related hospitalizations across Los Angeles County fell below 1,000 for the first time since late-July as a steady decline continues from a mid-August peak of nearly 1,800. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)Health

    FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors and high-risk

    By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others
  • Hollie Maloney, a pharmacy technician, loads a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. The Expo location, operated by Northern Light Health, is one of two mass vaccination sites that opened in Maine this week. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Health

    The fate of Biden’s ambitious COVID booster plan lies in the hands of FDA advisors

    By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others