The European Union drugs regulator also said that people 18 and older can receive a booster shot for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at least two months after their initial shot of the one-dose vaccine.
It’s unclear if the buy-first, get-paid-later approach will spur people to go out and get the tests, even with new urgency around the highly transmissible omicron variant.
The longtime chief executive will exit amid a board shake up and a "cooperative agreement" with an activist investor.
The Health and Human Services Department said providers receiving at least $10,000 from the latest round of Provider Relief Fund disbursements might be more likely to face audits if they engage in merger or acquisition activity.
Necessity is proving the mother of invention when it comes to enhancing safety and quality.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to soon rule on whether to authorize Pfizer's pill and a competing pill from Merck, which was submitted to regulators several weeks earlier.
A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination appeared to provide just 33% protection against infection during South Africa's current omicron wave, but 70% protection against hospitalization.
