Vaccine News
Flu + Coronavirus = Flurona. What you need to know about co-infection…
January 5, 2022 “Flurona.” The name conjures images of cheap cable horror flicks – think “Sharknado” – but flu-COVID dual infections are…
Supreme Court Divided in Major Challenge to Biden’s Virus Plan
January 7, 2022 WASHINGTON — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical on Friday that the Biden administration…
CDC recommends Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine boosters for children as young as 12
January 5, 2022 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster…
Pfizer COVID-19 shot won’t be ready for youngest kids for months: ‘Might…
January 6, 2022 Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine won’t be available anytime soon for kids younger than 5. In early tests, the lower…
A Texas team comes up with a COVID vaccine that could be…
January 5, 2022 A vaccine authorized in December for use in India may help solve one of the most vexing…
‘We’re coming to them’: One Colorado vaccine activist looks to get shots…
December 29, 2021 At the Ascension Catholic Parish in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood, on a recent Sunday morning, a church band…
Throat Cancers Tied to HPV Are Rising Among U.S. Men, Women
December 21, 2021 You might have heard a lot about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its role in cervical cancer,…
Vaccine for younger children ‘unlikely’ before mid to late 2022
December 22, 2021 A COVID-19 vaccine for young children is “unlikely” to be available before mid or even late 2022,…
More than three in five pregnant women in the U.S. are unvaccinated,…
December 23, 2021 The omicron variant is heightening risks for this little-talked-about demographic: pregnant women. Left out of early vaccine…
What’s it mean to be ‘fully vaccinated’? With omicron, CDC may change…
December 22, 2021 Today, 204 million people in the US are fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention….
Dr. Hotez: Messaging around Covid boosters ‘not handled very well’
December 21, 2021 Watch the video at MSNBC.
Opinion: As a nurse I see people worried about vaccines: that doesn’t…
December 20, 2021 I started working as a nurse in 1987. I’m coming up for my 35th year: I knew…
Omicron could derail efforts to reverse vaccine inequality and end the pandemic,…
December 23, 2021 The rapid spread of the omicron variant could be a major setback for efforts to reverse sharp…
Facts Alone Aren’t Going to Win Over the Unvaccinated. This Might
December 21, 2021 At this point in the pandemic, many Americans remain unvaccinated because they believe the coronavirus vaccine is…
My Kids Can’t Get Vaccinated Yet, and I’m Barely Keeping It Together
December 20, 2021 In the hospital parking lot, I pulled a stiff painter’s mask over my nose and mouth. I…