by owner | Jul 23, 2023 | CDC, Medicine, News
Even as the nation is faced with blistering heat waves this summer, Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is already thinking ahead to cold and flu season this winter. “We’re going to have three bugs out there, three viruses:...
by owner | Oct 21, 2022 | Medicine
By now, we all know the coronavirus has a tendency to morph as it spreads, creating different strains and variants along the way – with differing symptoms and varying infection rates. We’ve had the dreaded Omicron XE, the Centaurus and now, experts are...
by owner | Oct 20, 2022 | Medicine, New York
NEW YORK — Pfizer expects to roughly quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government’s current purchase program expires, Pfizer executive Angela Lukin said on Thursday. Lukin said she expects the vaccine –...
by owner | Oct 6, 2022 | Medicine
Experts have warned of a fresh Covid wave this winter and issued an update on the main new symptom to watch out for. They have said the government’s guidelines around symptoms are “wrong”. They also warned that the new wave will be worse due to a...
by owner | Sep 23, 2022 | Testing
Moderna announced Friday that it has requested emergency use authorization for its omicron COVID-19 booster shots for children aged 6-17 years old. Driving the news: The application for the bivalent vaccine for children ages 6 months to under 6 years old is expected...
by owner | Sep 13, 2022 | Medicine
BA.4.6, a subvariant of the omicron COVID variant which has been quickly gaining traction in the US, is now confirmed to be spreading in the UK. The latest briefing document on COVID variants from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) noted that during the week...
