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Rapid at-home Covid-19 test kits are handed out to people at Chelsea Community Connections in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on December 17, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Who can get the free tests? The White House says that the 150 million Americans who have private health insurance will be eligible for full reimbursement after […]
CRISPR gene-editing treatment could reach patients ‘very, very soon’: Intellia CEO
Following a breakthrough trial where gene-editing technology CRISPR completed its first systematic delivery as medicine to a human body, Intellia Therapeutics CEO John Leonard said he hopes the gene therapy could be made available to patients “very, very soon.” “These approaches are subjected to the standard sorts of clinical trials that any drug or gene […]
Pfizer’s CEO says Covid vaccine effectiveness drops to 84% after six months
The effectiveness of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine steadily declines over time, dropping to about 84% for vaccinated people about four to six months after getting their second dose, according to CEO Albert Bourla. The comments, made on Wednesday on CNBC’s “The Exchange,” are based on the findings of a new company-funded study that has yet to […]