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Health Sep 23

Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in U.S.

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final-stage study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the virus.

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Communications technology, portable medical equipment and teams of doctors, nurses, X-ray techs and paramedics make this possible. Like telemedicine, the concept stands to become more popular with consumers hooked on home delivery and other Internet-connected conveniences.

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The Food and Drug Administration declined to identify the manufacturer or the product.

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Age limit now 21 across US for cigarettes, tobacco products

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To satisfy House Democrats, the Trump administration removed a provision that would have given the makers of ultra-expensive biologic drugs 10 years of protection from less-expensive knockoffs.

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Markets are coming off a fabulous 2019, where stocks and bonds around the world climbed in concert. But for the next year — and decade, in fact — Wall Street is telling investors to set their expectations considerably lower.

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U.S. approves new drug to manage sickle cell disease, costs $85,000 to $113,000

The monthly infusion, which halves occurrences of sickle cell pain episodes, will carry a list price of roughly $85,000 to $113,000 per year, depending on dosing. Insured patients generally will pay less.

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First new type of flu drug in 2 decades approved by U.S.

Wednesday's approval of Xofluza for people age 12 and older comes ahead of the brunt of this winter's flu season.

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Americans filling far fewer opioid prescriptions, new data show

Opioid prescriptions and daily doses rose steadily starting in the 1990s, fueled by factors including marketing of new opioid pills such as Oxycontin. The U.S. is estimated to consume roughly 30 percent of all opioids used worldwide.

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