F.D.A. Advisory Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Older People and Others at High Risk By Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland Sept. 17, 2021 Updated 8:21 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — A key advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly rejected recommending Pfizer booster shots for most recipients of the company’s coronavirus vaccine, instead endorsing them only for people who are…
Read More Latest on CovidGroup 1a is health care workers and residents and staff of nursing homes, regardless of age. Group 1b is elderly people who are 75 or older and essential frontline workers, i.e. people with jobs in grocery stores, bus drivers and other transportation workers, meat packing plant workers, teachers, people who work in prisons, postal workers,…
Read More Phase 1a, 1b or 1c? Do You Know Your Coronavirus Vaccine Group?Fenit Nirappil – The Washington Post – Thursday, December 24, 2020 Struggling to breathe and pausing between sentences, Susan Moore mustered enough energy to record herself from her hospital bed, where she was being treated for covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. The message she shared: Not even her status as a doctor shielded…
Read More A Black doctor alleged racist treatment before dying of covid-19: ‘This is how Black people get killed’Writing in Well, the NY Times newsletter, Tara Parker-Pope says, “It’s time to double down on your pandemic safety precautions. Our country is entering a dark phase of the coronavirus crisis. Yesterday, more than 65,000 people were hospitalized with Covid-19 — that’s more than at any point during the pandemic. In recent days, more than one-third of the nation’s governors have issued…
Read More How to Celebrate Thanksgiving SafelyBrittany Shammas November 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EST With Thanksgiving a week away and coronavirus cases exploding nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended against traveling or gathering for the holiday, urging Americans to consider celebrating in their own households instead. [O]fficials spoke of the risks in stark terms, warning that as friends…
Read More CDC recommends against Thanksgiving travel amid surge of coronavirus casesBy Elisabeth Rosenthal Nov. 19, 2020 As a health journalist, a physician and a former foreign correspondent who lived through SARS in Beijing, I often get questions from friends, colleagues and people I don’t even know about how to live during our current pandemic. Do I think it’s safe to plan a real wedding next June? Would…
Read More When Will We Throw Our Masks Away? I Asked Dr. FauciDeniz Sahinturk Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 Are you a fan of Target? (I am.) Then you’ve probably noticed your shopping trips look a bit different than used to. Due to new health and safety regulations against the novel coronavirus, a lot of stores made modifications to their customer service—and Target is no exception. Read HERE.
Read More 7 Things You Won’t See in Target AnymoreYale professor Marcella Nunez-Smith to co-chair Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force. Nunez-Smith is an associate professor of internal medicine, public health, and management with a focus on healthcare equity. She will be joined as task force co-chair by Dr. David Kessler, a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San…
Read More Good NewsWhen political leaders suggest basic precautions appear unmanly, men are less likely to follow health and safety advice, experts say. By Daniel Victor Oct. 10, 2020 On Tuesday, and not for the first time, Joseph R. Biden Jr. described President Trump’s reluctant attitude toward wearing masks as “macho.” Tomi Lahren, a conservative commentator and Fox Nation…
Read More Coronavirus Safety Runs Into a Stubborn Barrier: MasculinityIn late February, the Trump administration was publicly playing down the severity of the worsening coronavirus epidemic. But in private, White House officials had a different story — and that information was shared with top traders who made fortuitous bets against the market. Trump advisers conceded concerns about the coronavirus in private meetings with board members…
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