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COVID-19

Merck has strong fourth quarter as COVID-19 treatment debuts

The blockbuster cancer treatment Keytruda pushed Merck past fourth-quarter expectations, and the drugmaker's COVID-19 treatment debuted by adding nearly $1 billion in sales. Sales for the Gardasil vaccine, which protects against the cancer-causing human papilloma virus, also jumped 50%, Merck ...

Medicare opens up access to free at-home COVID-19 tests

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration, seeking to fill a frustrating gap in coverage for COVID-19 tests, Thursday announced that people with Medicare will be able to get free over-the-counter tests much more easily in the coming weeks. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall

With American hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health care workers. And it could be just in time. There's an unusually high number of green cards available this year for foreign professionals, including nurses, who want to move ...

Russia mulls loosening restrictions amid record virus surge

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian president says his government is considering loosening some coronavirus restrictions, even as the country is facing a record-breaking surge of infections because of the highly contagious omicron variant. Vladimir Putin on Thursday held an online meeting with ...

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health combats COVID-19 misinformation

LEBANON - Misinformation continues to circulate about COVID-19 and the effectiveness and safety of vaccines, which have made a significant impact on the morbidity and mortality associated with this virus. Almost every healthcare institution has been faced with families still demanding ...