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…
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…
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),…
There’s a New COVID Booster You Should Probably Get This Fall
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Updated COVID booster vaccines have now officially been authorized and recommended by the FDA and CDC. There is a Pfizer booster for ages 12 and…
Who Can Get a Monkeypox Vaccine?
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) So far there are at least 351 confirmed cases of monkeypox in humans in the United States, with more than half of states reporting at least one…
The Chickenpox Vaccine Protects Against More Than Chickenpox
Photo: SamaraHeisz5 (Shutterstock) If you’ve been following the news lately, you might have heard that Justin Bieber was recently diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called Ramsey Hunt Syndrome, which…
What Is ‘Flurona,’ and Should We Be Worried About It?
Photo: DimaBerlin (Shutterstock) COVID-19 and the flu are both respiratory viruses that can be anywhere from annoying to life-threatening, and public health experts have been worried about what might happen…
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…