Health

The regulations represent a sharp escalation of efforts to keep the low rates of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations Massachusetts has achieved. Once one of the most affected states during the pandemic, Massachusetts now reports that only 1.8 percent of coronavirus tests are positive, based on the most recent seven-day average. …

Covid-19 vaccines are poised to become big business. Its potential to generate staggering revenue has already added billions of dollars to the market value of drug makers like Pfizer and Moderna.. That promise is also drawing scrutiny in Washington. Rising prescription drug costs are one of the few problems where …

PResident Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aiming to cut prescription drug prices, seeking to boost his health reform credentials amid low approval ratings. “They represent the most far-reaching prescription drug reforms ever issued by a president, nothing close,” Trump said at a press conference on Friday. The orders …

Much of the world has pinned its hopes on a vaccine to get out of the Covid-19 pandemic that has infected more than 15 million and killed more than 630,000 people worldwide. © BEN STANSALL / AFP / Getty Images Scientists are trying to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 disease. …

The New Orleans Saints today announced the cancellation of the team’s four preseason games after discussions and resolutions between the NFL and the NFLPA. The cancellation of the preseason will allow the Saints organization additional preparation time and preparation of adequate safety protocols for the restart of the NFL season. …