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,…
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…
Centre Exempts Imports Of Covid Vaccines From Customs Duty Till March 31
Covid vaccines administered in India include Covishield, Covaxin, and Sputnik V.(File)New Delhi: The government has exempted customs duty on imports of Covid-19 vaccines till March 31, 2023 in a bid…
The Magic of mRNA Will Push Medical Advances for Everyone
mRNA is one of the first molecules of life. While identified six decades ago as the carrier of the blueprint for proteins in living cells, its pharmaceutical potential was long…
Get Ready to Play ‘Guess the Viral Variant’
2020 was the year of Covid lockdowns, 2021 the year of vaccines, and 2022 the year of worldwide reopening. 2023 will be the year of variant prediction. The first Covid…
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),…