Peter Loftus is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Philadelphia covering the pharmaceutical and medical-device ...

A trial of the influenza antiviral baloxavir suggests that the drug could be used as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent ...

Merck stock could take another hit Thursday after the company reported another quarter of light sales for its HPV vaccine, ...

Norovirus GII.17 variants have overtaken GII.4 as the most prevalent strain and significantly increased norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. and European countries in 2024-2025Cocrystal Pharma's pan-viral ...

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

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Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

A federal panel of medical experts on Wednesday recommended an expansion of RSV vaccinations for adults and a new combination ...

An independent vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met to discuss and vote on ...