Vaccine News
Sleep affects your immunity after vaccination. Here’s how
If you’re scheduling an appointment for a vaccination — whether for Covid-19, the flu or for travel to another country…
Lying and Vaccine Disinformation Among Parents
Approximately one-quarter of parents lie about their child’s COVID-19 status or don’t follow public health guidelines like quarantines meant to…
What the research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus…
Soon after the first COVID-19 vaccines appeared in 2021, reports of rare cases of heart inflammation, or myocarditis, began to surface….
News Flash: COVID Vaccines Still Safe, Effective and Keep Economy Open
It’s been three years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Now, as the pandemic begins to…
Why COVID-19 deaths among vaccinated show that boosters matter
Since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the spring of 2021, there has been a wide gap in deaths between…
U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens as Bird Flu Kills Millions of Them
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, keeping a watchful eye on an outbreak of avian influenza that has led to the…
Colorado’s lost lessons from Spanish flu revisited as COVID-19 pandemic turns 3…
As Colorado marks another COVID-19 anniversary, the takeaway for historians and epidemiologists is as simple as it is jarring: Americans…
3 years since Colorado’s first known COVID case
Sunday marked three years since the first known COVID-19 case in Colorado. Colorado’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed on March…
MMR vaccine rates are lagging amid a rise in measles cases. Experts…
When a measles outbreak struck Columbus, Ohio, late last year, public health officials learned the overwhelming majority of cases — 80 of 85…
Flu and COVID combo shots won’t come in time for this year,…
Vaccines that offer protection against both COVID-19 and influenza with a single shot will likely not be ready in time…
Fewer Colorado kids are getting vaccinated following the pandemic
DENVER — Inside Children’s Hospital Colorado, doctors know they’re treating patients who could’ve avoided ending up there. “It’s always really…
Low child vaccination rates in Colorado causing concern
COLORADO — When kids end up at Children’s Hospital Colorado the priority for Dr. Jessica Cataldi is getting them well….
CDC says 20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury…
An estimated 20,000 people attended a large religious gathering in Kentucky on the same days as a resident who was…
Community event provides vaccine access to refugee families and experience for nursing…
A community event in Thornton on Friday offered an opportunity for refugee families from Afghanistan to get needed vaccines. “They…
Opinion: The Checkup With Dr. Wen: Key lessons from recent measles and…
Most reader questions continue to focus on covid-19, as reflected in my recent newsletters addressing masking, long covid and whether some need a second…