Vaccine News
Thanksgiving is two weeks away. Get your updated Covid-19 shot now, health…
With Thanksgiving just two weeks away, people who are eligible for an updated Covid-19 vaccine booster but still haven’t received…
Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations rise dramatically as flu and RSV spread
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 and flu are rising in Colorado at the same time, while a respiratory virus that primarily harms…
Colorado health officials warn of “early and intense” respiratory virus season in…
An alarming number of Colorado children with the respiratory virus called RSV are filling emergency rooms and intensive care beds…
Annual COVID Shots Mean We Can Stop Counting
A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me how many COVID shots I’d gotten so far. And for a…
The New Covid Boosters Are Incredible, and Everyone Should Get One
El Buen Samaritano, an Episcopal outreach ministry in Texas, serves the east side of Austin, the poorer of the two…
Vaccines used to be apolitical. Now they’re a campaign issue
In late October, the Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota posted a video he knew would be controversial. “I’ve been…
Experimental RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects infants against severe illness, Pfizer…
An experimental RSV vaccine for pregnant women from Pfizer is effective at protecting newborns against severe illness for at least…
CDC: Flu Season Is Here Already With Over 6,900 Hospitalizations, 360 Deaths
You know all those questions about whether you should wait until a few weeks before flu season starts to get…
25 years on, varicella vaccination reports impressive success in the USA
Chickenpox, called varicella by scientists, is a formerly ubiquitous childhood illness that produces a characteristic vesicular rash of varying extent…
Dr. Jha: A ‘tripledemic’ could hit the U.S., but ‘we’re not powerless…
Covid isn’t the only viral threat facing the U.S. this coming winter. A “tripledemic” also involving flu and RSV may…
Biden gets new COVID vaccine, announces new virus initiatives
President Joe Biden received his updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday while calling on more Americans to do so ahead of the winter…
Covid-19 is an inverse equity story, not a racial equity success story
As MacArthur Foundation fellow Jennifer Richeson noted in The Atlantic in 2020, Americans love to perpetuate narratives of racial progress, regardless of whether…
It’s a Bad Time to Be a Booster Slacker
And just like that, with the passing of Labor Day, fall was upon us. Seemingly overnight, six-packs of pumpkin beer…
Should my kid get the COVID vaccine? As a doctor, I strongly…
The politicization of the pandemic has eroded public confidence in vaccines, which are among our greatest public health tools. This tragic response pertains primarily…
CDC corrects conservative claim: They can recommend, not mandate COVID vaccines in…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week pushed back on a claim made by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson,…