Why It’s So Hard to Get the New COVID Booster
There’s a new COVID booster at pharmacies, and the simple thing to say about it is this: It’s good, it’s free, and you should get it. Unfortunately, the process of…
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…
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…
Five Things That Could Save Your Life If You’re Immunocompromised
Hello from day 1,113 of isolation. It’s me, your immunocompromised friend in hell. Most days, it feels like the entire world wants you to eff off and die before they’ll…
No, the CDC Cannot Mandate COVID Vaccines for Kids
Photo: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock) The CDC does not mandate vaccines for schoolchildren, a fact that anybody who pays attention to vaccine policy knows. Tucker Carlson, who has recently claimed the DCD…
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…
This Treatment Protects Immunocompromised People From COVID
Photo: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP (Getty Images) When the CDC was preparing to recommend the new bivalent COVID booster vaccines (speaking of which, most of us should make plans to get one),…