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Food Allergy 101: Tips for Families

Families who deal with food allergies understand how stressful it can be when certain ingredients can cause an uncomfortable reaction or even a life-threatening response for a loved one. May is Food Allergy Awareness Month, and Pfizer wants to help ensure that your Memorial Day cookouts—and the rest of your meals—go off without a hitch.Over the past 30 years, food allergies have become more common in people of all ages.2 They affect about 8% of children and nearly 11% of adults in the U.S.1, and...

Vaccines: Medicine’s Great Success Story

Since their introduction in the late 18th century, vaccines have saved more lives than any other medical intervention throughout history.1 As a result, infectious diseases that once devastated generation after generation, such as smallpox and polio, have been eradicated while others have reached historic lows.2,3  Today, there are vaccines available to protect against 30 specific diseases globally (21 in the U.S.), shifting the trajectory for human health. In fact, childhood vaccination alone...

Three Steps to Boost Your Health Through Nutrition

Pfizer is dedicated to improving healthcare for people all over the globe. Sometimes that means developing a new medication or making a scientific breakthrough, and sometimes it’s as simple as educating and empowering people to make better decisions.March is National Nutrition Month, and we want to inspire you to take some positive steps that can have a major impact on your health. We have the ability to make our bodies healthier and stronger through the foods we select at the grocery store and...

Four Ways to Take Control of Your Heart Health

February is American Heart Month, and before it ends, we want to take some time to learn how we can keep our hearts healthy and strong.This knowledge is crucial to share. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for Americans, both men and women.1 Yet myths and misunderstandings about heart disease persist, such as who’s at risk and what a heart attack may look or feel like. For example, here are a few surprising facts about heart health:Someone can have a heart attack and not even know...

Five Ways to Show Yourself Extra Love

Today is Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air! At this time of year, that love is generally the romantic kind, but this year Pfizer wants to inspire you to show yourself a little extra love -- on Valentine’s Day and all year long.Self-care is an important part of staying healthy, in both body and soul, and while it’s not always easy to prioritize yourself, the good news is that self-care itself can be simple. It can be as low-key as taking a walk in the park with a neighbor or making a home...

Understanding Your Thyroid: The Key to Energy & Health

January is a busy month. The holidays are over, and we get back to our routines—or to changing them. Thanks to new year’s resolutions, many of us feel overwhelmed with suggestions for self-improvement, and while they may not all last, taking care of yourself should always be a top priority.New Year, new you, and we’re here to help remind you of some aspects of your health that you may be overlooking. Like your thyroid, which is something you may have heard about, but may not know much about. You...

Five Steps to Prioritize Your Health in 2025

Here at Pfizer, we have a long history of innovation. Over our 176 years (and counting), our doctors and scientists have been at the forefront of some of the most impactful developments in the healthcare field. We aren’t leaving the business of making breakthroughs for our patients anytime soon, but we know that no one is better equipped to manage their own healthcare than our patients themselves.So, as we make our way into 2025, we want to make sure you’re doing what you can to ensure a healthy...

Living & Wellbeing

Caregiver Support: A Guide to Self-Care for Caregivers

A mother helps her daughter through dialysis at night and goes to work without sleep.1 A wife cares for her husband as he spends 110 days recovering from treatment for acute myeloid leukemia in a hospital 250 miles from home.2 A son quits his job to support his mother after she suffers a series of strokes.3Each caregiver’s story is different, but their combined efforts serve as a lifeline to millions of people. Caregivers support children, parents, grandparents, family members, spouses...

Living & Wellbeing

How Climate Change is Affecting the Spread of Lyme Disease—and 5 Things You Need to Know About the Disease

As the weather gets warmer, many of us will be spending more time outside, indulging in our favorite summer activities—and exposing ourselves to the elements, including a booming tick population. The incidence of Lyme disease has more than doubled over the last 24 years1 because populations of disease-carrying Ixodes ticks, better known as black-legged or deer ticks, have increased and expanded their ranges.2You don’t need to cancel summer adventures, but understanding ticks, the impact of...

The Stars Come Out for Pfizer-Sponsored “Divas Simply Singing!” Benefit Concert

Health and science aren’t always the most glamorous work, but sometimes we get to rub shoulders with celebrities when the stars come out in support of important health issues.That’s what happened earlier this month, when Pfizer’s Vaccine Adoption and Equity team sponsored the 33rd Sheryl Lee Ralph & the DIVA Foundation Presents: DIVAS Simply Singing! benefit concert.For over three decades, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Emmy Award Winning star of the hit ABC show, Abbot Elementary, has hosted the DIVAS...

Pfizer’s 2-in 1 At-Home Test Enables Convenient Testing for both COVID-19 and the Flu

When we think of winter, hot chocolate, cozy fireplaces, and catching up with friends and family often come to mind. But 'tis also peak respiratory virus season1, with viruses like the flu and COVID-19 making the rounds at holiday parties and gatherings everywhere. To further complicate matters, symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu present very similarly: fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, and body aches2. These similarities in symptoms can make it difficult for people to differentiate between...

Listen Now: Award-Winning ‘Science Will Win’ Podcast Explores Antimicrobial Resistance

This week, season three of Pfizer’s signature Science Will Win podcast—which debuted as one of the top 1% podcasts globally—returns with a look at antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of healthcare’s greatest threats, and the innovative ways doctors and scientists are leveraging emerging technology to fight it.The ambitious new season follows last year’s award-winning foray into the latest advancements in cancer treatment. In last season’s episodes, host Adam Rutherford and a variety of guests...