by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 16, 2021 | Health News
Last month, US health officials announced plans for booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine to be offered starting the week of September 20, subject to sign-off from the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 16, 2021 | Health News
Nine months later, those advisers are meeting to discuss booster shots, and the situation is very different. It won’t be a slam dunk. The advisers will also likely debate the very essence of Covid-19 boosters — whether they would work and what...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 10, 2021 | Health News
This forecast, released Wednesday, projects 25% fewer doses compared to July’s forecast. The new projection prompted a fresh call from WHO for rich countries to hold off on giving boosters until more people around the world can get their first doses of vaccine....
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 7, 2021 | Health News
“My message, technically is: If you’re eligible to get the vaccine, please do,” Paulina Velasquez told CNN from her home in Coral Springs, Florida. “I plan on getting vaccinated as soon as my doctor lets us know when I can.” Paulina, 15,...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 7, 2021 | Health News
“I don’t know what the school year is going to bring,” she said. With the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant circulating in the United States and tensions boiling over around masks and vaccine requirements, this school year will be like...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 4, 2021 | Health News
Parents have a reason to be concerned. After months of declining cases, the virus is finding the unvaccinated. Children have largely been spared the worst of Covid-19 — hospitalizations and deaths are more rare for children than for adults — although...
