Lauran Neergaard

AP Medical Writer
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His family hopes the last-ditch experiment will advance efforts to end the organ shortage.
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The novel technique aimed to help prevent rejection of the new organ.
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Medical
Pfizer Asks FDA to Allow COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 5
The very youngest Americans could start receiving shots as early as March.
February 2, 2022
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Reading Area Community College, Reading, Pa., Sept. 14, 2021.
Medical
U.S. Opens COVID Boosters to All Adults
And officials took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one.
November 22, 2021
A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Denver, Dec. 23, 2020.
Medical
FDA OKs Mixing COVID Vaccines
Regulators also extended boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
October 21, 2021
A pharmacist holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., March 3, 2021.
Medical
More Questions for J&J Vaccine Boosters Ahead of FDA Review
A new study suggests using a different brand as the booster might work better.
October 14, 2021
A droplet falls from a syringe after a person was injected with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I., Dec. 15, 2020.
Medical
Pfizer Says Vaccine Works in Kids Ages 5 to 11
The company said it will seek U.S. authorization soon.
September 20, 2021
Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a Senate health committee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 11, 2021.
Medical
FDA Hopes Younger Kids Can Get Shots Soon
The agency's vaccine chief says he is “very, very hopeful” that vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds will be underway by year’s end.
September 13, 2021
Pharmacy technician Hollie Maloney loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine, March 2, 2021.
Medical
FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
The agency has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot’s safety.
August 23, 2021
Neurosurgeon Dr. Edward Chang is reflected in a computer monitor displaying brain scans as he performs surgery at the University of California-San Francisco in 2017.
Medical
Device Taps Brain Waves to Help Paralyzed Man Communicate
The technology turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen.
July 15, 2021
Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass., May 19, 2021.
Medical
Moderna Says COVID-19 Shot Works in Kids as Young as 12
Its vaccine could become the second option for that age group in the U.S.
May 25, 2021
Kizzmekia Corbett at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the NIH in Bethesda, Md., Feb. 11, 2021.
Medical
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Kizzmekia Corbett helped lead the development of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna.
May 11, 2021
U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers, of Waxhaw, N.C., holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in North Miami, Fla., March 3, 2021.
Medical
US to Resume J&J Vaccinations
Scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.
April 26, 2021
A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination on a table prior to Croatia's Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic being vaccinated in Zagreb, March 24, 2021.
Medical
AstraZeneca Confirms Vaccine Protection After US Rift
An independent panel had accused the company of cherry-picking data.
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