A jury has awarded more than $12 million to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination

A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Much of the award – $10 million – is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,

Novavax is already poised to benefit from a separate combined Covid-flu vaccine via a deal with Sanofi announed earlier this year. Under the $1.4 billion co-licensing agreement, announced in May, Sanofi will have the sole right to use Novavax's existing Covid-19 vaccine in combination with its own flu vaccine.

Monday said the Food and Drug Administration or FDA has removed the clinical hold on its COVID-19-Influenza Combination (CIC) and stand-alone influenza vaccine candidates. Novavax shares were up more than 13 percent in pre-market.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted its clinical hold on a late-stage trial of Novavax's COVID-influenza and its standalone flu vaccines, the company said on Monday. Shares of the company rose about 9% in premarket trading.

A Northeastern University professor says public health experts are concerned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is setting the stage for confusion about childhood vaccination schedules—even among parents who wish to have their children immunized.