Pfizer on Thursday announced it had submitted an application to receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid for use in high-risk individuals. The FDA in December issued an emergency use authorization for Paxlovid to be used as treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and children over the age of 12 who are […]
U.S. buys 105 million COVID vaccine doses for fall campaign
U.S. health officials said Wednesday they have agreed to purchase another 105 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in anticipation of a fall booster campaign. The $3.2 billion deal announced by the Biden administration comes as federal scientists consider how to update the vaccines to better protect Americans from the rapidly evolving virus. Federal officials said the purchase agreement includes […]
Pat McGrath Aphrodite Amour Divine Blush Duo Review & Swatches
Pat McGrath Aphrodite Amour Divine Blush Duo ($44.00 for 0.34 oz.) includes two shades of pink that look more different in the pan than they did in practice. Someone with lighter skin may see a stronger difference, though. They swirled together to create a light-medium pink with moderate, warm undertones and a mostly matte finish, though it was on the […]
Emory Customizes Musculoskeletal Care – HCD Magazine
Emory Healthcare’s musculoskeletal service line has been expanding for decades, growing in services as well as footprint around the metro Atlanta area. It’s most recent addition—the new 180,000-square-foot outpatient Emory Musculoskeletal Institute in Atlanta, part of Emory University’s Emory Healthcare—embodies a lot of the lessons and ideas gathered along that journey. “The facility was an evolution of design, test, iterate […]
HHS to send out more monkeypox vaccines as CDC activates emergency centers
Dive Brief: The HHS is ramping up efforts to distribute vaccines that can protect against monkeypox as outbreaks in the U.S. continue. The department said this week it plans to send out 1.6 million doses by the end of the year. The distribution will take place on a four-tier basis with areas that have the highest case rates coming first. Within […]
Falling off the Subsidy Cliff: How ACA Premiums Would Change for People Losing Rescue Plan Subsidies
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers subsidies to offset the cost of health insurance, capping how much people signing up on the ACA Marketplaces pay at a certain percent of their income. These subsidies work on a sliding scale, with people whose incomes are just above poverty receiving the most generous subsidies while those with incomes of three to four […]
The Wit and Wordplay of Willie Norris
But Norris’s very presence at Outlier, regardless of the brand’s output, is radical. “Let’s be real; nothing like me has ever existed in fashion,” she says as our second round of drinks arrives. She’s not wrong: trans representation in fashion is still sparse. It was only in the fall of 2019 when the lead designer of No Sesso, Pierre Davis, […]
The Aesthetic Procedures That Helped Me Restore My Body After Massive Weight Los
For 35-year-old single mother Jessica, the transformational journey that led to her more-confident self really started after losing more than 200 pounds. “As I began losing the weight, I started to notice that my skin was sagging terribly and nothing would remove it. I felt defeated and unfulfilled that I did all this work, and I still didn’t look how […]
Biden calls for filibuster carveout to protect abortion rights
President Biden on Thursday said the Senate should carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster to codify abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. “The most important thing to be clear about is I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, and the way to do that is […]
There Are Over 50,000 Items in Farfetch’s Massive Sale—33 of the Best Finds
As it turns out, summer isn’t just great for the seemingly endless amount of sunshine and iced coffee; it’s also the time when all of my favorite stores launch their biggest sales of the year. Farfetch happens to be one of them. The retailer’s sales are notoriously good, and if the deep-dish discounts aren’t enough to entice you, I promise the sheer amount of […]