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 many of parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease. Between one in 6,000 and 10,000 children born have the disorder in some form. More than two-thirds of diagnosed with the most common and serious derivation, SMA1, die before the age of 2, if left untreated — and treatment is complex. A new miracle gene therapy called Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine in the world. 

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports over 55% of American adults now have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, though recent findings estimated 8% of those are skipping their second appointments.

The company kicked off its effort at five MinuteClinics inside CVS HealthHUB store locations in Houston, Texas.

Should I reschedule my vaccine appointment if I’m having cold-like symptoms? 

Prior to reports of rare but serious blood clotting with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, federal health authorities were investigating dozens of anxiety-related events and fainting episodes in vaccine recipients, according to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Health officials in Louisiana this week identified the state’s first cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil. 

The U.S. has vaccinated 100 million eligible people against coronavirus, officials announced Friday. Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, said during a briefing Friday that the number is nearly double the 55 million who were fully inoculated at the end of March.

India’s daily new coronavirus cases surged to another record high with over 386,400 illnesses reported on Friday.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shot for the first time.

President Biden said Friday that schools should “probably all be open” this fall “based on science and the CDC.”

A new study is backing the guidance that babies born to mothers infected with coronavirus should not be separated after delivery.

Health regulators in Brazil announced the country’s intention to ban Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after they said they found traces of the live common cold-causing virus in the drug, reports said.

Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could be stable at refrigerator temperatures for two months longer than initially authorized, the company announced Thursday.

A new survey highlights the adverse effects that remote learning had on many children in the past year that has been the coronavirus pandemic. 

A new study from New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing found that city nurses caring for COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic experienced anxiety, depression and illness.

A large-scale study analyzing national claims data linked dental opioid prescriptions with an increased risk for an overdose among patients and their family members.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has moved to ban menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products in a decision that Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said reflects the Biden administration’s “commitment to improve the health of all Americans and to tackle health disparities in our most marginalized communities.”

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that nearly 38% of U.S. adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but officials have warned about a portion of the 55% of those who have received their first dose skipping out on the second.

The U.S. announced on Wednesday that it was sending $100 million in coronavirus supplies to India in an effort to provide “urgent relief” as the country grapples with a devastating wave of new infections.