Health

Bill fails in 49-51 vote.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top vaccine official told a congressional committee on Friday that COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 6 will not have to meet the agency’s 50% efficacy threshold required to obtain Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).

A sexism row has erupted over concerns that not enough newly discovered species of parasitic worms are named after women.

Areas with populations more than three-quarters vaccinated.

More Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021 than any previous year.

The UK government has decided to stop its daily COVID-19 updates, and from now on the figures will only be updated on the official dashboard twice a week.

The tech mogul wants to put out “good messages” about vaccines.

Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Chicago will be allocating $500,000 in funds for people in neighboring states seeking abortions.

The Satanic Temple says they have a religious exemption to perform an abortion, citing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Talk show host Stephen Colbert has caught COVID for the second time in the space of three weeks after previously thanking the efficacy of the vaccine when he contracted the virus last month.