You Can Throw Away Your COVID Vaccine Card Now
When I got my latest COVID booster—the new one with the updated spike proteins, which we should all make sure to get—the pharmacist asked, as I rolled my sleeve back…
You Might Want a Longer Needle for Your Next Vaccine
Like many other Americans, in 2021, I volunteered at a mass vaccine site. Under a tent, a team of health care professionals loaded up syringes, which were then carried by…
How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System This School Year
Back-to-school time means kids will come home with sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. While there isn’t a way to keep them healthy all the time, and no one has a cure…
Why (and When) You Should Get Both a COVID Shot and a Flu Shot This Fall
The COVID shots of 2021—and even the bivalent booster you may have gotten recently—are no longer a great match for the strains of the virus that are going around. Fortunately,…
We’re Finally Getting an RSV Vaccine for Babies
RSV may be just a cold for most people who get it, but it can be life-threatening to babies. Fortunately, we now have an immunization that can protect little ones,…
You Might Want to Get a Flu Shot Early If You’re Pregnant, CDC Says
It’s summer. Pretty soon, drugstores will start advertising that they have flu vaccines, maybe even enticing you with the promise of a coupon to come in and get one. But…
How to Know When (or If) You Need Another COVID Vaccine
What started as a simple recipe for COVID protection—get a jab, come back in three weeks and get another—became a byzantine labyrinth to navigate over the last thirty months. The…
What We Know About Bivalent Boosters for Kids
Photo: sulit.photos (Shutterstock) COVID vaccine boosters were updated this fall: Pfizer for ages 12 and up, Moderna for ages 18 and up. Now, younger kids can join in. The FDA…
Can You Get Your Flu Shot and COVID Booster in the Same Arm?
Photo: uniqueton (Shutterstock) When the COVID shots first came out, the CDC wanted to be cautious. It was a new vaccine, after all, so they recommended waiting two weeks before…
Everything You Need to Know About This Year’s Flu Shot
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) It’s flu shot season and, once again, the influenza vaccine is an important one to get. With mask-wearing on the decline, there’s likely to be…