Coronavirus

While there is still some uncertainty and confusion about national policy regarding vaccines in general and this year’s COVID vaccine booster in particular, there is also some clarity, along with new research, about vaccines generally and vaccines targeting specific viral infections in particular. All told, the scientific information now available…

Early in September, we reported on the chaos surrounding recommendations and accessibility for this fall’s updated COVID-19 booster. That chaos has continued, with both new recommendations from a CDC vaccine advisory committee and ongoing confusion as to what’s currently being recommended by the Federal government. All the while, COVID continues…

With summer now unofficially behind us and a feeling of fall in the air, you may be wondering whether you can follow your usual fall health routine: that is, being vaccinated against winter’s respiratory viruses. While it appears that an updated influenza vaccine will be available and accessible as usual…

So where do things stand regarding COVID and the availability of vaccines for those who want them? You’d likely have to be living under a rock not to be aware of the conflicts and confusion that have taken hold about vaccines generally in our country, and the challenges that this…

So here we are in the middle of winter and it’s likely you know at least one person who’s currently sick. There are a significant number of viruses in circulation around the country right now, so it’s not just your subjective experience. According to the CDC Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel,…

As we roll into November, we will likely begin to see an uptick in the viral infections that put us all- but especially those of us over 65- at risk for serious illness and even death. A surge of new cases of COVID, Flu, and RSV will likely arrive in…