Author: Claudinne Miller
About 4 million Americans got updated COVID vaccines in September
Reuters Around 4 million Americans received the updated COVID-19 shots in September, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), even as some people have found it difficult to book vaccination appointments or find the vaccines at no cost. “The Biden-Harris Administration, through HHS, has been working directly with manufacturers and distributors […]
Oct 10, 2023
The Flu Vaccine Works—In a Way Most People Don’t Appreciate
Scientific American The CDC is emphasizing how the flu vaccine can turn the virus from “Wild to Mild”. It’s like clockwork: first comes a brisk fall breeze, then comes the public health push to get a flu shot. But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s messaging this year might look a little different from […]
Oct 10, 2023
Hidden Assault on Heart: COVID-19 Infects Coronary Arteries and Increases Plaque Inflammation
SciTechDaily SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can directly infect the arteries of the heart and cause the fatty plaque inside arteries to become highly inflamed, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, may help explain why certain […]
Oct 10, 2023
People who’ve had Covid at least 5 times describe how the illness changed with each reinfection
NBC News Three people interviewed said their later infections were less severe than their first ones. Even so, getting Covid over and over takes a mental toll. Nearly four years after Covid’s emergence, plenty of people have tested positive at least twice. But an unlucky group has been hit with reinfection after reinfection. “I’ve seen […]
Oct 10, 2023
End of an era: The CDC has stopped printing Covid vaccination cards
NBC It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white Covid vaccination cards are being phased out. Now that Covid vaccines are not being distributed by the federal government, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing new cards. The federal government shipped more than 980 million cards […]
Oct 10, 2023
Kids’ Mental Health Spending Soared 26% During Pandemic
Forbes Anxiety, adjustment disorders and ADHD are largely to blame for a sharp 26% rise in mental healthcare costs for children in the two-and-a-half years following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study out Tuesday found—the latest evidence of the pandemic’s dire impact on both kids’ and adults’ mental health. Researchers with the RAND Corporation, […]
Oct 4, 2023
Washington Post On a flight from Cancún to Orlando, I didn’t notice any bodily fluids caked on the seat or coursing down the aisle, a relief after several recent incidents involving excretions. But gross organisms are not always visible. Most likely, I was sitting in a pool of germs. With a quick swab test, I confirmed this […]
Oct 4, 2023
What Is the Order of COVID Symptoms This Fall?
Very Well Health COVID-19 infections are expected to rise again now that fall is here and winter won’t be far behind. New variants like Eris (EG.5) and Omicron BA.2.86 are making the rounds, and many people are wondering if they’ll cause worse illness or different symptoms, and which symptoms they might experience first. Experts say that COVID symptoms have pretty much […]
Oct 4, 2023
mRNA COVID vaccines saved lives and won a Nobel — what’s next for the technology?
Nature In just three short years, mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives, achieved household recognition and, as of this week, become the subject of a Nobel Prize. Yet the field shows no signs of slowing down. In the wake of the technology’s dramatic success in generating quick-turnaround COVID-19 vaccines, investors have poured billions of dollars […]
Oct 4, 2023
CDC is no longer distributing Covid-19 vaccination cards, once a staple of the pandemic
CNN Do you know where your Covid-19 vaccine card is? If not, you may want to track it down, because getting a new one could be tricky. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer distributing the white cards that were given out with Covid-19 vaccines earlier in the pandemic, according to […]
Oct 4, 2023