AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine’s Benefits Outweigh Risks, Says EU
The European Union’s health authority said it is still firmly convinced that the benefits of AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine outweigh...
Pharmaceuticals
Lilly Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Modest Benefit in Clinical Trial
An Eli Lilly LLY 1.40% & Co. experimental drug modestly slowed the cognitive and functional decline of early-stage Alzheimer’s patients...
Biden Tells States to Make All Adults Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccine by May 1
WASHINGTON—President Biden called on states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by May 1 and...
As Covid-19 Vaccine Eligibility Expands, Interest Could Wane
Mandatory Credit: Photo by CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (11784205g) People queue in a line to get the COVID-19 Vaccine at the new...
WSJ News Exclusive | Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Startup in Conflict With University Ahead of Planned IPO
A startup behind the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca AZN 1.76% PLC is planning an...
Covid-19 Pill Shows Promise in Preliminary Testing
An experimental Covid-19 drug that promises to be a kind of Tamiflu for the pandemic had positive results in a...
In Covid-19 Battle, Israeli Employers Offer Perks for the Vaccinated
TEL AVIV—The office security manager standing in the company cafeteria eyed a fellow-employee’s wrists, which lacked the new must-have accessory...
A New Covid-19 Experiment From Asia: Letting Companies Buy Vaccines
With vaccinations lagging in the world’s fourth most-populous country, the government has authorized an unusual approach: allowing private companies to...
Biden Expects U.S. to Have Covid-19 Vaccines for All Adults by End of May
President Biden said the U.S. would have enough Covid-19 vaccines for all American adults by the end of May, two...
J&J Covid-19 Vaccine Authorized for Use in U.S.
The first single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, a shot from Johnson & Johnson, JNJ -2.64% was authorized for use, a big boost...
J&J Single-Dose Covid-19 Vaccine Gets Review From FDA Advisory Panel
A committee of independent medical experts convenes Friday to review Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ 0.10% Covid-19 single-dose vaccine, the final...
Pfizer and BioNTech Studying Third Covid-19 Vaccine Dose to Fight New Strains
Pfizer Inc. PFE -0.47% and BioNTech SE BNTX 1.96% have begun a study testing in people whether the companies’ Covid-19...
Travel’s Covid-19 Blues Are Likely Here to Stay—‘People Will Go Out of Business’
The pandemic travel bust that hit tourism-dependent economies may only just be beginning. Tourist destinations from Thailand to Iceland had...
Some Covid-19 Vaccines Are Effective After One Dose, Can Be Stored in Normal Freezers, Data Show
Efforts to vaccinate the world’s population against Covid-19 got a boost Friday after research showed that some vaccines provide strong,...
Covid-19 Vaccines Aren’t Yet Luring Workers Back to the Office
U.S. workers have failed to return to the office in greater numbers this month, frustrating hopes that the rollout of...
Walmart’s Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Heads to Small Towns
Skowhegan, Maine—Pat and John Thomas were watching the news one night last week when they saw that Walmart in this...
Purdue Lawyers Face Disclosure Questions Over Sackler Defense Deal
The law firms defending Purdue Pharma LP in probes into its OxyContin painkiller didn’t disclose an existing deal with Purdue’s...
Drugmakers Look for New Ways to Test Covid-19 Vaccines
As more Covid-19 vaccines become available in the U.S., it is getting tougher to run large clinical trials to test...
WSJ News Exclusive | Forecasters Lift Expectations for 2021 Economic Growth
Forecasters are increasingly optimistic about economic growth this year, though less so about the labor market’s prospects, as it recovers...
Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Instagram removed the account of prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the highest-profile steps in parent company...
