On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The final endorsement, from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, came hours after the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 11-1, with one abstention, in favor of giving 5- to 11-year-olds the boosters […]
A third round of Free Covid-19 at-home test kits have been made available for every American household by the Biden Administration’s Health and Human Services Department. This news comes as reports of Covid-19 cases are on the rise… again. Which begs the question: when should you take a test? The Centers for Disease Control and […]
Stroke is the No. 4 cause of death in women and kills more women than men. In fact, one in five women will have a stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the lifetime risk of stroke for women between the ages of 55 and 75 in the United States is […]
Spring weather can be unpredictable. When severe weather hits unexpectedly, the risk of injury and weather-related death increases, so planning makes sense. Prepare for storms, floods, and tornadoes as if you know in advance they are coming, because in the spring, they very likely will. Temperatures can swing back and forth between balmy and frigid. […]
Now that the pandemic seems to be easing (knock on wood), mask mandates are ceasing, and people are kind of returning to “normal,” those age-old “normal” viruses like the Stomach Flu (norovirus) are once again on the rise, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. For most of the U.S., roughly 99.5%, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that actually extending the time between the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines may help reduce the risk of the rare heart-related side effects for some. The new guidance mainly affects Americans who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19—that amounts to roughly 35% of the US population right now. […]
There’s no such thing as being too old to get a sexually transmitted infection (STI). As reported by Yahoo Life, there’s “a misconception” that older adults are “immune to STIs simply because they’re over the age of 55 and that’s not going to happen to them anymore,” Dr. Ina Park, associate professor of family community medicine at the […]
Most Americans are safe going without a mask in indoor settings, including in schools, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The highly anticipated change to the agency’s mask guidance leans less heavily on the number of Covid-19 cases as a key measure, instead giving more weight to hospitalizations and local hospital capacity. […]
As Fox News reported, many mask mandates are closer to expiring and many area school districts are making their own decisions on mask policies, but health officials say the COVID-19 vaccine is still the best bet for parents hoping to protect their kids. However, UW Health says it has seen a decrease in COVID-19 vaccinations […]
NBC News reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Wednesday voted to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot for kids ages 12 to 15, a critical step in distributing additional shots to adolescents this week. The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, voted 13-1 in favor of giving […]