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Nature wrote:Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death, study says

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Nature wrote:Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death, study says

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02988-4

Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death, study says
Fluvoxamine is both inexpensive and highly effective at preventing mild COVID-19 from turning severe.

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COVID-19-related deaths fell by roughly 90% and the need for intensive COVID-19-related medical care fell by roughly 65%.

900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic
February 4, 20224:57 PM ET

Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine receives full FDA approval
By Naomi Thomas and Ben Tinker, CNN

Updated 12:04 PM ET, Mon January 31, 2022

(CNN)Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine has received full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, according to news releases from the FDA and Moderna.

The vaccine, named Spikevax, is now approved for use in people ages 18 and older. It is not approved or authorized for use in younger individuals. There's no difference between the approved vaccine and the vaccine previously available through emergency use authorization.
Moderna's is the second Covid-19 vaccine to receive full approval from the FDA. Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, was approved for use in people age 16 and older in August. The Pfizer vaccine is also authorized for use in individuals ages 5 to 15.

"This is a momentous milestone in Moderna's history as it is our first product to achieve licensure in the U.S.," Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in the release. "The full licensure of Spikevax in the U.S. now joins that in Canada, Japan, the European Union, the UK, Israel, and other countries, where the adolescent indication is also approved. We are grateful to the U.S. FDA for their thorough review of our application. We are humbled by the role that Spikevax is playing to help end this pandemic."

Nearly 75 million people have completed their initial series with the Moderna vaccine, and about 38.5 million people have gotten a Moderna booster shot.