New FDA approval language for COVID-19 vaccines is sowing confusion about which conditions put people at greater risk for severe disease and who can avoid the inconvenience and cost of off-label ...
If you’re like most people in the US, you probably either know someone with COVID-19 right now, know someone who just got over an infection, or have the virus yourself. Keeproll / Getty Images COVID ...
The process of getting a Covid shot isn’t as simple as it used to be. In fact, it now comes with an extra step — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says you’ll need to talk with a health ...
The rapid rise of the SARS-CoV-2 variant XFG this summer could make it the dominant strain by the start of the fall COVID season, but experts say current vaccines can likely handle the Omicron-based ...
Walensky is a professor at Harvard Medical School and served as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once clinical trials showed that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and ...
Who is eligible for a COVID vaccine? While early FDA guidelines restricted COVID vaccinations to older adults or those with preexisting conditions, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) ...
Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu. Then, each summer, we get a ...