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Federal regulators have authorized Pfizer’s antiviral pill, Paxlovid, to treat early symptoms of COVID-19. The medication will be available to adults as well as children age 12 and older.
For adults. For children. For older adults. For the immunocompromised. Vaccine guidelines. Takeaway. The U.S. currently uses three COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax. All are safe and ...
Dec. 7, 2023 -- The U.S. government has expanded a program offering free COVID-19 and flu tests and treatment. The Home Test to Treat program is virtual and offers at-home rapid tests, telehealth ...
US$ 226.6 billion (2023) [1] Parent. UnitedHealth Group. Website. www.optum.com /en /. Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services. Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging ...
UnitedHealth Group has origins dating back to late 1974 with the founding of Minnesota-based Charter Med Incorporated by Richard Taylor Burke. It originally processed claims for doctors at the Hennepin County Medical Society. [4] United HealthCare Corporation was founded in 1977 to purchase Charter Med and create a network-based health plan for ...
The antiviral medication Paxlovid has proven to be effective in preventing serious illnesses from COVID-19. Right now, only people with certain medical conditions can be prescribed the drug.
The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, [2][33] is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech. For its development, BioNTech collaborated with the American company Pfizer to carry out clinical trials, logistics, and manufacturing. [45][46] It is authorized for use ...
Two doses of Pfizer. Vaccine effectiveness was 65.5 percent in the 2 to 4 weeks after the second dose but dropped to 8.8 percent after 25 or more weeks. Two doses plus Pfizer booster.