What Do You Want to Know About Kids and Vaccines?
The Times is hosting a live chat with reporters about the coronavirus vaccine and children. We’d like to hear your questions. View original article Contributor: The New York Times
Month: November 2021
Pfizer Says Its Antiviral Pill Is Highly Effective in Treating Covid
Pfizer’s is the second pill to show effectiveness against Covid-19, and it is the first purpose-built to attack the virus that causes the disease. View original article Contributor: Rebecca Robbins
In India, Fears Grow That Diwali Celebrations Could Fuel Another Virus Spike
Epidemiologists are concerned that Covid cases will surge after shoppers thronged markets and hundreds of thousands traveled around the country to celebrate the festival. View original article Contributor: Sameer Yasir
Modesto health center offers alternative COVID treatment for those with high-risk conditions – KTXL FOX 40 Sacramento
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Many COVID-19 Survivors Still Can’t Smell or Taste. Treating Them Isn’t Easy
On the morning after Christmas 2020, Carolyn Hinds woke up and realized she couldn’t smell or taste anything. Other signs of COVID-19, like fever, cough and muscle aches, came in the following days. Those symptoms subsided with time, but her lack of smell and taste did not. To this day, Hinds, 38, can barely smell … Read more
Magic Johnson’s HIV Disclosure Helped to Shatter Stigmas. But 30 Years Later, Disparities in Treatment Remain
For many watching Earvin “Magic” Johnson on television on Nov. 7, 1991, his words were tantamount to an announcement of his own death sentence. In a press conference hastily convened by Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers after a local media outlet got wind of the story, the 32-year-old NBA superstar revealed he was HIV … Read more
U.S. to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines or Weekly Tests for Tens of Millions of Employees Next Year
Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday. The new requirements, which were first previewed by President Joe Biden in September, will apply to about 84 … Read more
Federal Government Cuts Ties With Troubled Vaccine Maker
Emergent BioSolutions ruined millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Now its $600 million deal is canceled. View original article Contributor: Chris Hamby
Young Children Receive First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine
Across the country, parents and their young children lined up to receive Covid-19 vaccines after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for children aged 5 through 11. View original article Contributor: The Associated Press and Reuters
Elizabeth Holmes Trial Exposes Investors’ Lack of Due Diligence
Start-up investors have often suspended skepticism while chasing a hot deal. The trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, has put that behavior under the spotlight. View original article Contributor: Erin Griffith