FDA greenlights Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug | Science

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization for the potent oral antiviral regimen developed by Pfizer to treat COVID-19, making it just the second such drug to receive a regulatory greenlight by any country. Last month, the United Kingdom authorized the use of a Merck-made pill that appears much … Read more

NASA greenlights Axiom Space’s 2nd private mission to International Space Station

NASA has given the go-ahead to another private crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The agency will work with Axiom Space to find a window for the Houston-based company’s second ISS mission, NASA officials said in an update Monday (Dec. 13). That flight, known as Ax-2, is currently scheduled to launch from NASA’s … Read more