As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines

A big obstacle, though, continues to be resistance to vaccination among nurses and aides. Like many facility owners, Avalon Health Care Group, which owns or operates more than a dozen nursing homes in western states, is not mandating staff be vaccinated. Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, Avalon’s chief medical officer, says she tries to address the […]

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Nuevas vacunas contra la covid en EE. UU.: lo que hay que saber

Hay dos vacunas nuevas contra la COVID-19 que ya obtuvieron la luz verde por parte de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA por su sigla en inglés). En una reunión el martes, los asesores científicos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por su sigla en inglés) también recomendaron […]

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C.D.C. Advisers to Decide Who Should Receive New Covid Vaccines

Americans may be able to receive the next Covid shots as early as Wednesday, the last of a trifecta of vaccines intended to prevent respiratory infections this fall and winter. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized updated Covid vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna. A scientific advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control […]

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New Covid Vaccine: What to Know About the Monovalent Booster

Two new Covid shots have received the green light from the Food and Drug Administration. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to follow up with guidance on eligibility as soon as Tuesday, making the new vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna available as Covid cases continue to rise in some parts of the […]

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Covid Continues to Rise, but Experts Remain Optimistic

Jill Biden, the first lady, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has announced that the state will send high-quality masks and rapid tests to school districts that request them. Already, schools in Kentucky and Texas have closed, citing widespread respiratory illness among students and staff. The coronavirus is in […]

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What to Know About ‘Eris,’ the New Dominant Covid Variant

Concern is rising about the Covid-19 variant EG.5. This week, it became the dominant variant in the United States, and the World Health Organization classified EG.5 as a “variant of interest,” meaning it has genetic changes that give it an advantage and its prevalence is growing. So how worried should people be about it? While […]

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Suddenly, It Looks Like We’re in a Golden Age for Medicine

Ozempic and Wegovy have already changed the landscape for obesity in America — a breakthrough that has been described and debated so much in terms of cosmetic benefits and medical moral hazard that it can be easy to forget that obesity is among the largest risk factors for preventable death in the United States. Next-generation […]

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine for Adults 60 and Older

Why It Matters: Older adults are at a higher risk. Each year, about 60,000 adults 65 and older are hospitalized with R.S.V. and about 6,000 to 10,000 die from the virus, the F.D.A. estimated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in one year, more than 21,000 people in that age group would […]

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One Dose of HPV Vaccine Prevents Infection for at Least Three Years

A single dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine is highly effective at preventing infections over three years, most likely lowering rates of cervical cancer and other diseases linked to the virus, according to a new study in Kenya. A single-dose strategy would dramatically extend supplies of the vaccine, lower costs and simplify distribution, which would […]

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Century-Old TB Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid

An old tuberculosis vaccine known to bolster the immune system did not prevent Covid infections among health care workers, scientists reported on Thursday. But the trial was shorter and smaller than originally designed, and the investigators said that the results did not rule out other potential benefits associated with the vaccine, known as B.C.G. for […]

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Can You Get Covid and the Flu at The Same Time?

It is possible to get multiple infections at once. Researchers have found cases of people testing positive for both Covid-19 and the flu since the beginning of the pandemic. While respiratory syncytial virus infections are not as common in adults as they are in children and seniors, it is also possible for someone to have […]

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Polio May Have Been Spreading in New York Since April

Polio may have been circulating widely for a year, and was present in New York’s wastewater as early as April, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A wastewater sample collected in April in Orange County, N.Y., tested positive for the virus, pushing back the earliest known detection in […]

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