Even before the emergence of Omicron, the past four months have seen the continued evolution of the public response to COVID-19. Debates have continued about the role of vaccine mandates, the use of vaccine passports, testing requirements, masks and mask mandates, and restrictions on gatherings....
The 2024–25 seasonal flu shot has been widely available at pharmacies, doctor’s offices, urgent-care clinics, and other health care providers since early September. If you missed the unofficial “vaccine before Halloween” memo, you’re not alone. As of the week ended Feb. 1, less...
Even before the emergence of Omicron, the past four months have seen the continued evolution of the public response to COVID-19. Debates have continued about the role of vaccine mandates, the use of vaccine passports, testing requirements, masks and mask mandates, and restrictions on gatherings....
Is it normal that I feel tired after taking the COVID-19 vaccine? For most people, the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine are mild and don't last long—between a few hours and a few days at most. Some people experience a sore arm, or flu-like symptoms such as fatigue, fever, ...
“I don’t think we can produce influenza vaccine SKYCellflu this year. So we had to choose between a Covid-19 vaccine and a flu vaccine with limited manufacturing lines. So we decided to make a Covid-19 vaccine from the public health aspect because the world population needs it a littl...
Neuzil sits on the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and is part of the leadership team of infectious disease experts working with NIH to test a coronavirus vaccine and therapies to treat those sick with COVID-19. ...
'I would much prefer only to have to go in to get my one shot rather than to have to go in a month or three weeks later to get my second shot," he said. Pulendran said a prospective single-dose vaccine would have an "enormous public health impact." ...
Does the flu vaccine affect my chances of getting COVID-19? Ontario Ontario sees 783 new COVID-19 cases with 'concerning' rise in York Region CBC News Ontario is reporting 783 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The newly confirmed infections are concentrated in the following spots four pub...
Ontario will do a COVID antibody test for $75. There are precedents for proving the vaccine works; when surgeons like me get their hepatitis shots to protect our patients from our potentially infecting them, we have to get a hepatitis antibody test afterward to make sure that the shot “...
A doctor who was removed as head of the federal agency that is helping develop a vaccine for the coronavirus said he was oustedbecause he called for resistanceto widespread adoption of a drug promoted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for Covid-19. ...