Month: September 2021

On Thursday, as Hurricane Ida loomed as a Category 4 storm that threatened massive flooding, high winds and power outages along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, health administrators at Marrero Healthcare Center, located just northeast of where Ida made landfall, decided to evacuate upwards of 80 residents to safer ground. Two days of hurried packing later, the … Read more

In March, when President Biden announced that COVID-19 vaccines would soon be available to all Americans, my husband and I decided to press pause on the whole maybe-getting-pregnant-soon thing. We would get our vaccines first, have a Hot Vaxxed Summer full of booze and parties, and then go back to the kids question once we … Read more

Researchers analyzing data on nearly 200,000 young people in Southern California found a 9 percent increase in obesity among those ages 5 to 11. View original article Contributor: Andrew Jacobs

The session, which will be public, could add clarity and transparency to a decision-making process that some people have criticized as confusing. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

The church camp outbreak fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant occurred at the Crossing Camp in Rushville, Ill., which did not urge teens to be vaccinated or masked. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella

The law prohibits abortions before many women even know they’re pregnant, and it will be hard to challenge in the courts View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

Vaccination halves the odds of experiencing long-term symptoms after infection. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes

Breakthrough infections tend to be mild, and vaccines are still highly effective against severe disease and death from the Delta variant. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson