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The hugely popular weight-loss drugs including Ozempic may cause suicidal thoughts. Europe is investigating

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

CUENCA, ECUADOR – DECEMBER 07: A health worker administers a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine during a vaccination day for citizens over 18 years old at Nicanor Merchán Clinic as part of the national vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on December 7, 2021 in Cuenca, Ecuador. (Photo by Xavier Caivinagua/Agencia Press South/Getty Images)

AstraZeneca finds its COVID booster delivers adequate protection against Omicron

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 03: Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. The County of Los Angeles, including Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, and Norma Edith García-González, Director of Parks and Recreation, will host a media event kicking off COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is proposed to be given in two 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

More than three in five pregnant women in the U.S. are unvaccinated, putting them at risk from the fast-spreading Omicron variant

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

BARI, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Box containing vials of the Modern covid-19 vaccine on August 23, 2021 in Bari, Italy. All Italian regions were invited to activate preferential lanes for people aged between 12 and 18, in order to encourage participation in the vaccination campaign and allow young people to receive the first dose of vaccine without booking. (Photo by Donato Fasano/Getty Images)

Moderna says its COVID-19 booster vaccine delivers a massive increase in antibodies

By Suzi Ring, Naomi Kresge, and others

A member of the public receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at a vaccination site in Liberty Shopping Centre, Romford, east London, as the Government accelerates the Covid booster programme to help slow down the spread of the new Omicron variant. Picture date: Thursday December 2, 2021. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna jabs perform best in study of COVID booster vaccines

By Suzi Ring, Irina Anghel, and others

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Key Biscayne Community Center in Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. The Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was granted a full approval by U.S. regulators, a milestone expected to help bolster the immunization drive amid a renewed surge in infections. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

Vaccinated people can also spread the Delta variant, a yearlong U.K. study shows

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

A member of staff wearing PPE processes a student’s Innova lateral flow Covid-19 test, which take 30 minutes to give a result, in the Sports Hall at Park Lane Academy in Halifax, northwest England on March 8, 2021 as schools reopen following the easing of lockdown restrictions. – England prepares to reopen schools to in-class teaching on Monday in the first phase of ending its third coronavirus lockdown. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

COVID-19 cases surge in schools as U.K. waits to offer vaccines to adolescents

By Suzi Ring, James Paton, and others

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND – MAY 11: A general view of the AstraZeneca offices after members of a group called “The People’s Vaccine” protested outside the headquarters, calling for the pharmaceutical company to make the science behind the COVID-19 vaccine available to all, on May 11, 2021 in Cambridge, England. The group is calling for AstraZeneca to join the WHO’s Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Programme, or CTAP, whereby they would share their vaccine technology with other companies to allow it to be distributed faster around the world. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

AstraZeneca says antibody drug is effective at stopping mild COVID-19 from worsening

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2021/06/28: Vials containing Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are seen at a vaccination centre in London. (Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

AstraZeneca aims to finally gain FDA approval of its COVID vaccine this fall

By Suzi Ring, Anna Edwards, and others

A teenager receives the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Pekanbaru, Riau, on July 9, 2021, as part of a mass vaccination program including children. (Photo by WAHYUDI / AFP) (Photo by WAHYUDI/AFP via Getty Images)

Most young people don’t need to worry about COVID-19, major study finds

By Katharine Gemmell, Suzi Ring, and others

Glaxo reaches $2.2 billion deal with Alector to develop drug targeting Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

The EU is finalizing a deal with Valneva to purchase its COVID-19 vaccine

By Alberto Nardelli, Suzi Ring, and others

A man takes a selfie as he receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Naples, Italy. On Friday, U.K. regulators gave the jab the greenlight for use. (Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images)

Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID jab wins U.K. approval

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 28: Vials of AstraZeneca vaccine are displayed at Bicocca Hangar on April 28, 2021 in Milan, Italy. Milan’s Bicocca Hangar has been transformed into a Covid-19 vaccination hub. Italy has administered some 18 million vaccine doses since the start of the mass immunisation campaign that began in December 2020. (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

AstraZeneca seeks FDA emergency approval after missing target

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg

MOUNT KISCO, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2021/03/11: Remembrance ceremony on one-year anniversary of first COVID-19 patient admission at Northern Westchester Hospital. This day also marked one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Hospital employees, firefighters, police officers, EMS (emergency medical service) technicians applaud healthcare workers during shifts change. Commemorative small bags with lit candles were set in memory of those who died during the pandemic. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Promising COVID-19 antibody therapy significantly reduces risk of hospitalization, death

By Suzi Ring and Bloomberg