Thursday, June 16, 2022: Life Sciences

A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to recommend that the agency authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6 months. The agency is expected to authorize the vaccines soon. A...

Thursday, June 16, 2022: Life Sciences

Moderna Inc. is planning to test its COVID-19 vaccine in babies 3 months to 6 months old, the youngest age group studied to date. The biotech company said it is in the final stages of planning the “BabyCove” study and expects to begin enrolling as many as 700 babies...

Thursday, June 16, 2022: Mental Health

Mental health advocates are cautioning that expanding access to mental health treatment won’t have a significant impact on gun violence. The experts note that most people with mental illness never become violent – approximately 4 percent of community violence can be...

Thursday, June 16, 2022: Payers

An investigative report by Kaiser Health News and NPR found that more than 100 million Americans have medical debt. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, a quarter of those with debt owe $5,000 or more and approximately 13 percent owe $10,000 or more – 18...