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A week after FDA and CDC advisory committees clashed on the nuances of when and whether to recommend COVID-19 booster shots, Anthony Fauci told my colleague Ed Yong that he still believes third doses of the mRNA vaccines are crucial, suggesting once again that they will eventually be part of a standard regimen. As those […]
The definition of Full vaccination against COVID-19 has been a bit difficult to pin down since winter. It takes a Johnson & Johnson dose, but it takes two doses of an mRNA vaccine. The CDC will count you as fully vaccinated as soon as you receive your last vaccination, however told that you will not […]
Boghuma Kabisen Titanji was just 8 years old when the hyper-contagious virus swept through her classroom. Days later, she started to feel feverish, and developed a sparse, rosy rash. Three years after being fully dosed with the measles vaccine, one of the most durably effective immunizations in our roster, Titanji fell ill with the very […]
Updated at 9:28 a.m. on September 21, 2021. For nearly two years now, Americans have lived with SARS-CoV-2. We know it better than we once did. We know that it can set off both acute and chronic illness, that it spreads best indoors, that masks help block it, that our vaccines are powerful against it. […]
America’s hot Vax summer started exactly as it was billed – less pandemic, more vaccinations. In the past few months, Americans have gone crazy with traveling. Airbnbs are booked months in advance. Good luck finding a rental car. Even Cruises are back … unfortunately. In July, the airports were busier for a few days than […]