Is the Novavax COVID Vaccine Actually ‘Better’?
Lots of people are hearing about Novavax, the fourth COVID vaccine option in the U.S., for the first time, but it’s been authorized for use as a primary vaccine series…
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…
When Kids Under 5 Can Finally Get Their COVID Vaccines
Photo: Tom Wang (Shutterstock) After a wait that seemed endless, two COVID vaccines are finally authorized for children under 5 years old. The FDA’s advisory panel voted Wednesday to grant…
COVID Vaccines Are Finally Being Recommended for Kids Ages 5-11
Photo: Alexxndr (Shutterstock) The CDC’s advisory panel voted today to recommend Pfizer’s pediatric COVID vaccine for all children ages 5 to 11. That recommendation comes with the endorsement of the…
We Are This Close to Kids Getting a COVID Vaccine
Photo: Studio Romantic (Shutterstock) Today marks a milestone in the path toward availability of kids’ COVID vaccines. The FDA’s advisory panel on vaccines, VRBPAC, voted that the benefits outweighed the…
Who Should Get a Booster (and Which One Should They Get)?
Photo: Prostock-studio (Shutterstock) The FDA and CDC have now authorized booster doses for all three of the COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. The details get a little…
We Finally Have a Timeline for Kids’ COVID Vaccines
Photo: Halfpoint (Shutterstock) After nearly a year of waiting and wondering, we finally have a tentative timeline for when COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 might be authorized.…
How to Make Holiday Plans That Don’t Involve Getting COVID, According to the CDC
Photo: ANGELA WEISS / Contributor (Getty Images) Remember holiday season 2020? We argued that the safest move was to have Thanksgiving at home and postpone big Christmas gatherings to next…
What’s Next for Booster Doses?
Photo: RYAD KRAMDI / Contributor (Getty Images) In the latest chapter of the booster vaccine saga, the Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel voted this week that they consider Moderna…
Why You Need to Stop Assuming We’ll All Get COVID
Photo: DC Studio (Shutterstock) When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, in late 2019 and early 2020, there was a thought that maybe we could contain it—isolate the people who were…