WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Friday defended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's oversight of coronavirus vaccines under development and also ...

Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday grilled Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Alex Azar about hikes in drug prices while he was CEO of the pharmaceutical company ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to expand the use of blood plasma in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The emergency use authorization announced Sunday involves ...

The U.S. federal government aims to distribute 6.4 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to states 24 hours after it gets emergency approval, and officials are in the midst of dry runs to prepare for ...

Azar said the FDA would work with Pfizer to get the vaccine shipped "so we could be seeing people get vaccinated Monday, Tuesday of next week." Governors are prioritizing who would get the vaccines ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. approval of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N), opens new tab experimental COVID-19 vaccine should come within days, with the first Americans getting immunized as early as Monday ...

Alex Azar, the nominee to take the helm as secretary of Health and Human Services, will undergo a confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Jan 9. Hospital executives can look to ...

The U.S. federal government is conducting a practice run this week of its coronavirus vaccine distribution networks with some test shipments as the drugs await emergency approval from the Food and ...

LOS ANGELES - With more than 63 million coronavirus tests having been conducted in the US, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is now expressing optimism about the prospect of millions of ...

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has handed in his resignation as head of the agency, according to a report in the Washington Post, which has been confirmed by HHS Secretary Alex Azar in a ...