
Tornado-damaged Pfizer plant restarts pharmaceutical production
The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly one-fourth of the sterile injectable medications Pfizer supplies to U.S. hospitals, the company said.
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The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly one-fourth of the sterile injectable medications Pfizer supplies to U.S. hospitals, the company said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended the first-ever vaccine designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus. The CDC said the Pfizer vaccine should be taken during weeks 32 and 36 of pregnancy.
The CDC has recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines that will be available for all people older than 6 months old. CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano spoke with CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen about the decision to include children in the recommendation.
A major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant was severely damaged after a deadly tornado ripped through North Carolina on Wednesday.
Doctors are warning about an impending penicillin shortage. Pfizer has informed the FDA that multiple versions of the antibiotic will run out within the next few months. Pfizer says it may not be able to replenish supplies until next year. Dr. Bob Lahita, author of the book "Immunity Strong," joined CBS News to talk about the situation.
Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID-19 treatment pills, could go to the private market by late summer.
Drugmaker seeks out new revenue sources as expiration of patents protecting drugs like Ibrance from competition nears.
The government soon will stop paying for the COVID drug that has proved to be the most effective at keeping patients alive and out of the hospital.
Help could finally be on the way for one of the fastest-spreading illnesses among children, a respiratory illness known as RSV. Janet Shamlian has the latest on a new vaccine that could be approved by the end of the year.
Recent small studies, not yet peer-reviewed, suggested the new boosters may not be significantly better than the original vaccine formula.
The FDA has authorized an updated COVID-19 booster shot for children ages 5 years old and above. Dr. Dyan Hess, medical director for Gramercy Pediatrics, joins CBS News' Lana Zak and Errol Barnett to talk about the updated shot and what parents should know.
Children ages 5 and up are now eligible to get the new COVID-19 booster shots, which target both the original coronavirus and its Omicron variants. CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joins us to discuss the vaccine, and he also answers questions about a new study on colonoscopies.
President Biden said on CBS' "60 Minutes" the COVID-19 pandemic is over in the U.S. His comment came as updated booster shots are being rolled out across the country. Dr. Dyan Hes of Gramercy Pediatrics joined CBS News to discuss the latest.
In an animal study, federal scientists found that combining Paxlovid and the antiviral Lagevrio could be safe and more effective.
You can get a flu shot and the new COVID booster at the same time, but Dr. Celine Gounder recommends holding off on getting a flu shot until later in the fall if possible.
As fall approaches and COVID-19 immunity wanes, updated boosters target Omicron subvariants. Dr. Celine Gounder explains how the shots work and who should get them right away.
The new shots are rolling out to pharmacies and other vaccination sites around the country.
The federal budget for buying and distributing COVID-19 vaccines will run out "as early as January."
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized new COVID boosters that are designed to be more effective against Omicron subvariants. Dr. David Agus joins CBS News to answer questions from viewers about the vaccine.
Federal health officials say thousands of updated booster shots are already being shipped around the country.
It would be the first major vaccine of its type in 20 years. The companies are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe as cases keep rising.
Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated vaccines to combat the latest Omicron variants as early as September, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed to CBS News.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering ordering a recipe change for the vaccines made by both Pfizer and rival Moderna in hopes that modified boosters could better protect against another surge.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to answer all your questions about COVID-19.
The U.S. has taken another step toward making children younger than 5 years old eligible for COVID vaccinations. Advisers to the FDA on Wednesday unanimously voted to recommend authorization of Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines for kids aged 6 months to under 5 years. It's a critical move for the youngest Americans, who until now have not been able to be inoculated. Meg Oliver reports.
The first impeachment inquiry hearing into President Biden is taking place days before the government is set to shut down.
The findings are just the latest to show benefits from COVID vaccination during pregnancy.
September's full moon, also known as the harvest moon, will be the last of four consecutive supermoons.
Michael Gambon, the British-Irish actor who portrayed Dumbledore in the latter 6 of the 8 "Harry Potter" movies, has died after a bout of pneumonia.
Costco said it's now selling 1-ounce gold bars, but can't keep them in stock because of strong demand.
Police say they're going to hold a news conference to announce the arrest of Jason Billingsley in the murder of the 26-year-old.
Switzerland's alpine glaciers have lost as much ice in 2 years as they did in the 30 leading up to 1990, a sign of the climate's "critical state," one scientist says.
Armenia's leader says Azerbaijan committing "act of ethnic cleansing" as "65,036 forcefully displaced persons" flee Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Ed Sheeran is gearing up for the release of his latest album, "Autumn Variations," which is set to drop on Friday.
The findings are just the latest to show benefits from COVID vaccination during pregnancy.
Home prices have jumped so much that Americans must pay a third of their income on housing, according to one study.
Authorities recovered both the margay and jaguar and released images of cubs.
Costco said it's now selling 1-ounce gold bars, but can't keep them in stock because of strong demand.
DNA profiling and forensic genealogy allowed investigators to identify the remains of Lisa Coburn Kesler, who was 20 when she was killed in 1990.
Home prices have jumped so much that Americans must pay a third of their income on housing, according to one study.
Costco said it's now selling 1-ounce gold bars, but can't keep them in stock because of strong demand.
As many as 70,000 child care centers are at risk of closing without the federal aid, while parents could face higher costs, experts say.
The billionaire will not receive compensation for serving as the company's president, CEO and chairman, GameStop said.
Hospitals are merging across separate markets within states, resulting in higher patient bills with no improvement in care, evidence shows.
The first impeachment inquiry hearing into President Biden is taking place days before the government is set to shut down.
Former President Trump addressed many of his remarks to UAW workers who were not in the room where he was speaking.
Seven Republican candidates met for the second primary debate in California on Wednesday, taking aim at President Biden and each other.
The initial decision to relax the dress code prompted swift backlash, especially toward Sen. John Fetterman, who typically wears a hoodie and gym shorts.
Judge Tanya Chutkan denied former President Donald Trump's request to recuse herself.
The findings are just the latest to show benefits from COVID vaccination during pregnancy.
Hospitals are merging across separate markets within states, resulting in higher patient bills with no improvement in care, evidence shows.
Federal health advisors voted 17-1 against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease dubbed NurOwn, although the FDA is not bound by the vote.
After the attack in Jupiter, Florida, animal control picked up the otter and it tested positive for rabies, a disease that can be fatal. Here's how it is handled.
An unvaccinated pet is a danger not just to other animals but also to the humans around them, an author of the study notes.
Switzerland's alpine glaciers have lost as much ice in 2 years as they did in the 30 leading up to 1990, a sign of the climate's "critical state," one scientist says.
Germany's Interior Minister called Artgemeinschaft "deeply racist and antisemitic" and accused it of trying "to raise new enemies of the constitution."
The family was looking for a lost gold earring in their garden, but instead they found artifacts dating back more than 1,000 years, officials said.
Taiwan touts "self-reliant national defense policy" as it unveils first domestically-made submarine, while China says the island is "over-rating itself."
Police in the German state of Saxony are investigating after a video showed several people appear to give the Nazi "Heil Hitler" salute at an Oktoberfest event.
Ed Sheeran is gearing up for the release of his latest album, "Autumn Variations," which is set to drop on Friday.
U2 is set to make history Friday as the first band ever to take the stage at Sphere, a cutting-edge spherical venue that graces the Las Vegas skyline.
Ed Sheeran surprised a bride and groom with a performance of "Magical" at their Las Vegas wedding. The new song is on his latest album, "Autumn Variations," which is out Friday. Sheeran sat down with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King for an exclusive interview.
Ed Sheeran surprised a bride and groom with a performance of "Magical" at their Las Vegas wedding. The new song is on his latest album, "Autumn Variations," which is out Friday. Sheeran sat down with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King for an exclusive interview.
Michael Gambon, the British-Irish actor who portrayed Dumbledore in the latter 6 of the 8 "Harry Potter" movies, has died after a bout of pneumonia.
The billionaire will not receive compensation for serving as the company's president, CEO and chairman, GameStop said.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant's developer conference Wednesday, saying the company is focused on virtual and augmented reality as well as artificial intelligence technologies. Notable new additions include an AI personal assistant people can interact with using any of Meta's messaging apps. Will Knight, senior writer at Wired, joined CBS News to discuss the conference and what happened to Threads.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency -- or CISA -- has launched its first nationwide public service announcement. The PSA aims to teach Americans basic cybersecurity habits in order to stay safe online. Jen Easterly, CISA director, joins CBS News to share tips on how you can protect yourself while using the internet.
Amazon's Alexa is getting an upgrade. The so-called Alexa LLM will be able to understand body language, including gestures and eye contact, and should be smarter and more conversational thanks to AI. Jon Swartz, senior tech reporter for MarketWatch, joined CBS News to discuss the new version of Amazon's virtual assistant.
Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University, who moved the company to a garage in 1998.
The family was looking for a lost gold earring in their garden, but instead they found artifacts dating back more than 1,000 years, officials said.
"People didn't think it could really be done," Marc Friedländer, an associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, told CBS News.
For the first time, scientists in Sweden have analyzed an extinct animal's RNA. They're studying the Tasmanian tiger which has been extinct since the 1930s. Marc Friedländer, associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, joins CBS News to discuss what the breakthrough means for science.
What could soon be Tropical Storm Ophelia is moving closer to the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said, and a tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware. CBS News Baltimore's Janay Reece has an update on how locals there are preparing for the storm. And Lynette Charles, meteorologist for The Weather Channel, has a forecast for where the storms could be most severe.
Since 2016, wildfire smoke in the U.S. has reversed roughly 25% of air quality improvements made from the 2000 Clean Air Act, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. That figure doubles to roughly 50% when looking specifically at the impact on many western states. For more on this, CBS News was joined by Marshall Burke, an associate professor at Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability and a co-author of the study.
The remains of missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew have been found more than 3 years after she was last seen.
Six bodies were discovered in an area of Mexico where seven youths were kidnapped days earlier, authorities said.
Police say they're going to hold a news conference to announce the arrest of Jason Billingsley in the killing of the 26-year-old.
A Minneapolis murder suspect is now again behind bars after he was mistakenly released from an Indianapolis jail earlier this month.
The discovery comes after another recent tragedy in which a toddler died and three others were sickened due to exposure to fentanyl at a Bronx day care.
As new space tour companies change the way we can see our world, a moratorium on spaceflight regulation and participant safety has come to the forefront. In the latest CBS Reports documentary, Mark Strassmann takes a close look at the next great leap for humankind -- and whether regulators and industry stakeholders are striking the right balance between encouraging innovation and ensuring safety.
Descent from the International Space Station closed out an unexpected 371-day stay, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
September's full moon, also known as the harvest moon, will be the last of four consecutive supermoons.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is finishing up the longest single flight in U.S. space history at 371 days.
NASA is celebrating the successful end of a 7-year, $1 billion mission to collect and return a sample from the asteroid Bennu. CBS News' Mark Strassmann has more on the mission. And Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, joined CBS News to discuss the significance of the samples.
Inside South Carolina's "trial of the century" — how investigators built their case
What Angelina Fernandes saw the night her mother was accused of murder.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
How prosecutors made the case that the Wisconsin man killed his parents Bart and Krista Halderson in July 2021.
On Nov. 11, 2012, Jake Nolan accompanied his psychiatrist cousin to a NYC Home Depot where she purchased a sledgehammer; 24 hours later, it became a key piece of evidence in a crime that ended with Nolan and her ex-lover in the hospital.
When Tim Bliefnick was arrested, an answer he gave on the game show years earlier had people talking. He sits down with “48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty for an exclusive interview airing Saturday, Sept. 30 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and Democratic strategist Joel Payne joined CBS News to talk winners, losers and everything else that came out of Wednesday night's GOP debate, the second held without frontrunner Donald Trump.
House Republicans on Thursday are holding the first hearing in their impeachment inquiry into President Biden after outlining the basis for the inquiry in a 30-page memo. But they haven't made public concrete evidence to support articles of impeachment. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge has more.
More than half of the 120,000 ethnic Armenians who were living in Nagorno-Karabakh fled the disputed region after Azerbaijan launched a military operation last week, seizing control of the area. Sarah Rainsford with the BBC is following the latest.
GOP voters are reacting to the second Republican primary debate held Thursday night without the Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump. CBS News political reporter Cara Korte shares what she heard from voters at a Libertarian watch party in New Hampshire.