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Fully vaccinated people are much less likely to die with Covid-19 than those who aren't, or have had only one dose, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Out of more than 51,000 Covid deaths in England between January and July 2021, only 256 occurred after two doses. They were mostly people at very high risk from illness from Covid-19. The figures show the high degree of protection from the vaccines against illness and death, the ONS said.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Starting Thursday, allergy sufferers can find the most-prescribed allergy medication available for over-the-counter sales. Zyrtec is the brand name for cetirizine and is approved to relieve allergy-related sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, and also, itching from hives. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it for sale without a prescription in November.Dr. Rajan Merchant from Woodland Healthcare said it is the same formula as a doctor would prescribe."The efficacy is the same; the dosage is the same as the prescription strength. But the reason it is going over the counter is because we have enough safety data...

Pfizer BrandsPrescription Aricept® (donepezil hydrochloride tablets) Bextra® (valdecoxib) Celebrex® (celecoxib) Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) tablets Relpax® (eletriptan HBr) Viagra® (sildenafil citrate) tablets Viracept® (nelfinavir mesylate) Xalatan® (latanoprost ophthalmic solution) Zoloft® (sertraline HCl) Zyrtec® (cetirizine HCl) Over-the-Counter Brands Benadryl Listerine Mouthwash Listerine PocketPaks Neosporin Purell Rogaine Rolaids Sudafed Visine Zantac Lets face it, if Pfizer had not wanted the land, then the SC never would have made the ruling. Hit Pfizer where it hurts, in the pocketbook.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have told the makers of the popular drugs Levitra and Zyrtec to pull some advertisements the regulators said made unsubstantiated claims. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it sent letters this week notifying Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Pfizer Inc. that a television commercial for Levitra and three direct-mail advertisements for Zyrtec made unsubstantiated claims of superiority over competing products. In Levitra's case, Bayer also failed to disclose FDA warnings and product information, the letter said. It was the fourth such warning for Pfizer about Zyrtec. The commercial for Levitra, an erectile dysfunction drug, features...