Tag: COVID19
Covid-19, RSV, and flu prevention tips to stay healthy this holiday season
Winter 2020 was the season of Zoom holidays. By 2021, the omicron surge spoiled end-of-year plans. So far, the 2022 holiday season is off to a bump [...]
Federal funding for Covid-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines will soon run out
Federal funding for Covid-19 response measures like tests, treatments, and vaccines is drying up just as cases are poised to rise again, raising an [...]
Why Covid-19, the flu, and RSV could combine to form a “tri-demic” this winter
It’s not just you or your kids: Cold-and-flu season is off to a particularly nasty start across the United States.
With the country stepping down f [...]
Anti-vaccine legislation is on the rise after the Covid-19 pandemic
Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, does not mince words when describing the scientifi [...]
Norwegian Cruise Line ends Covid-19 testing, masking and vaccine requirements
A Norwegian Gateway cruise ship leaves from the Manhattan port during sunset in New York City, United States on April 10, 2022.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu [...]
Covid-19 omicron shots available, but their effectiveness is unclear
The U.S. authorized the first major makeover of the Covid-19 vaccines this week in an effort to stem an expected tide of infections and hospitalizatio [...]
Goldman Sachs to lift vaccination, Covid-19 requirements in most offices next month
Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs will lift all its Covid-19 requirements in most offices beginning Sept. 6 in an effort to ince [...]
Taipei Blockchain Week Imperiled by Government’s COVID-19 Quarantine; Bitcoin Rebounds Above $20K
Other altcoins in the CoinDesk top 20 by market cap were in the green, most of them firmly so with ATOM and LRC recently jumping 12% and 8%, respectiv [...]
FDA authorizes emergency use for Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12 to 17
A box of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine arranged at a pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty [...]
UK becomes first country to approve Moderna’s dual Covid-19 vaccine
Britain has become the first country in the world to approve Moderna's bivalent Covid-19 vaccine, which targets both the original strain of the virus [...]
Why monkeypox is a repeat of the data mistakes made with Covid-19
The US declared monkeypox a public health emergency this month, but the decision may have come too late. Though states are now required to report c [...]
Why K-12 schools aren’t requiring students to get Covid-19 vaccines
For the third summer in a row, school leaders are facing the question of what — if anything — they’re going to do to stop the spread of Covid-19 wh [...]
President Joe Biden tests negative for Covid-19 after rebound case
Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 but will continue to isolate, according to the White House.Biden "cont [...]
Second Covid-19 vaccine boosters, explained
You counted the days until your vaccine appointment, posted a selfie with a bandage on your arm, and diligently came back weeks later for the follo [...]
How to tell your network you caught Covid-19
As the pandemic crests into the second half of its third year, highly transmissible, immunity-evading Covid-19 variants are fueling another spike i [...]