Katherine Dillinger

4 weeks ago | cnn.com | Katherine Dillinger

Budget cuts to the US National Institutes of Health and other agencies were first revealed in April. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images See all topics Email Link Copied! A budget proposal for the US Department of Health and Human Services details extensive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health, part of an effort to consolidate the work of its 27 institutes into just eight while reducing the agency’s budget nearly 40%.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Katherine Dillinger

Moderna says its H5 bird flu vaccine showed promising results in a trial. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images See all topics Email Link Copied! The US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine to protect against bird flu amid the agency’s broader efforts to reevaluate therapies that use mRNA technology.

1 month ago | news8000.com | Katherine Dillinger

(CNN) — After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a letter from the agency, but only for people 65 and older and those 12 and up who have at least one underlying condition that puts them at higher risk of severe illness.

1 month ago | waow.com | Katherine Dillinger

(CNN) — After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a letter from the agency, but only for people 65 and older and those 12 and up who have at least one underlying condition that puts them at higher risk of severe illness.

1 month ago | channel3000.com | Betsy Klein |Katherine Dillinger |Meg Tirrell |Isabelle D’Antonio

(CNN) — Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said.