insert_link Health & Wellness FDA Authorizes Second Covid-19 Booster Shots for People Over 50 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the emergency use authorization of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to allow adults 50 and older to get a second booster as early as four months after their first booster dose of any Covid-19 vaccine, as reported by CNN. The move extends the availability of additional boosters to healthy older adults. The FDA had previously allowed additional shots for anyone […] todayMarch 30, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness Are We going to Need COVID-19 Boosters every 6 Months to keep new Variants at bay? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been advising everyone 18 years and older who have received their COVID-19 vaccination to get a booster. And as of Thursday, anyone over the age of 16 has been cleared to get boosters as well. So, as the original Covid-19 virus continues to mutate, as viruses do, experts are saying that this additional booster shot may become necessary every year. […] todayDecember 10, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Is It Safe to Hang Out with Unvaccinated Friends and Family? If you enthusiastically vaxxed up partly out of a desire to be social again, you wouldn't be alone—catching up friends in real life is one of the perks of COVID-19 vaccination. But after a promising start, vaccination rates in the US seem to have stalled, and now the highly infectious Delta variant is fueling an increase in outbreaks, particularly in under-vaccinated areas of the country. What does the current situation mean for Sunday […] todayAugust 16, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Experts say COVID-19 will go from Pandemic to Endemic – part of our new “Normal” When is this finally going to end? That's the question on many minds after a year of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. But public health experts say we do have an answer, and you're not going to like it: COVID-19 is never going to end. It now seems poised to become an endemic disease — one that is always a part of our environment, no matter what we do. "We've been […] todayMarch 18, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Hand sanitizer poses a risk in a hot car — here’s how to stay safe Hand sanitizer has become liquid gold since COVID-19 landed in America, sparking shortages across the country. While the product is slowly making its way back on shelves and online retailers, people who have it want to treat their sanitizer like the precious commodity it is. But, now that the weather is warming up, there’s a new question to consider: Is it safe to keep hand sanitizer in the car? Will […] todayJune 2, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Would You Get a Coronavirus Vaccine? Even if a vaccine against the new coronavirus is developed, a new survey finds that only half of Americans say they'd get it. The survey also found that 31% weren't sure if they'd get vaccinated, and about 1 in 5 said they definitely wouldn't do it. Why not? Well, of those who'd refuse a vaccine, 7 in 10 cited safety concerns, according to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs […] todayJune 1, 2020
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