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Boosters Stop Boosting After Only 4 Months

COVID-19 booster shots lose effectiveness rapidly, with protection plummeting by the fourth month post-shot.1 The eye-raising data, presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, follows the same dismal pattern of effectiveness displayed by the primary mRNA COVID-19 shot series, whose effectiveness also wanes in a matter of months. When one or two… Read More »

The Public Backs Medicare Rx Price Negotiation Even After Hearing Both Sides’ Views

As Congress debates cutting prescription drug costs, a poll released Tuesday found the vast majority of adults — regardless of their political party or age — support letting the federal government negotiate drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries and those in private health insurance plans. The argument that pharmaceutical companies need to charge high prices to… Read More »

Scotland’s Covid cases TRIPLED in a fortnight after return of schoolchildren, official data reveals

Scotland’s Covid cases TRIPLED in a fortnight after return of schoolchildren while outbreak in England levelled off days before classrooms reopened to pupils, official data reveals Office for National Statistics weekly report estimated 117,300 Scots, or one in 45, had the virus last week This was more than 200 per cent above two weeks ago… Read More »