Can the Same Vaccines Protect Against New COVID Strains? Questions about long-term efficacy become more insistent Feb 17, 2021 podcast
The Math Doesn't Add Up for COVID-19 Vaccine Access New York state's rollout is adding headaches for providers Feb 16, 2021
COVID Vaccine for Migraine Patients? Headache, vaccine experts field questions from Twitter Feb 12, 2021
'Frustrating' Ordeal for Community Doc Seeking COVID Shot Nearest available this week: 413 miles away, at an airport Feb 02, 2021
Op-Ed: Tribalism and Virtue Signaling in Post-COVID Vax Messaging No one is chasing a zero-risk life Jan 28, 2021
Officials Investigate Physician's Death After COVID Vaccination Onset of rare blood disorder should not be interpreted as causal, experts say Jan 27, 2021
IBD and COVID: Kids Do Well International registry shows older age, comorbidities are risks; anti-TNF might protect Jan 25, 2021
Op-Ed: Throw Away Your Mask After COVID Vaccination? Vinay Prasad says it's probably safe Jan 19, 2021
Will Coronavirus Variants Soon Dominate in U.S.? CDC researchers see disturbing indicators Jan 15, 2021
CDC: Anaphylaxis Rate With COVID Vax 10 Times Greater Than for Flu Shots But events still rare and nonfatal, and benefits outweigh risks, officials say Jan 06, 2021
Op-Ed: Why I Refuse to Get the COVID Vaccine Right Now America's vaccine rollout is widening socioeconomic and racial inequities Jan 04, 2021
CDC Updates Contraindications to COVID-19 Vaccination Casts wider net on allergic reactions to vaccine components Jan 04, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Did Fauci Move the Herd Immunity Goal Posts? Scientists play a dangerous game when they tailor factual statements to promote policy goals Dec 29, 2020
How Do We Inject Confidence Into Vaccine Hesitant Americans? "We need to really up our game in terms of communicating," says Peter Hotez, MD, PhD Dec 23, 2020 podcast
Most Allergic Reactions Not Enough to Nix COVID-19 Vaccine More observation may be all that's required, even among those with history of severe reactions Dec 18, 2020
'We Want Them Infected'; Extra Vax Doses; Tom Cruise, Distancing Enforcer A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 17, 2020
Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19? They rev the innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting COVID-19 Dec 16, 2020
Should Docs Who Had COVID Still Get the Vaccine? Healthcare workers consider giving up their spot in line in light of limited supply Dec 03, 2020
Want to Know More About mRNA Before Your COVID Jab? A primer on the history, scope, and safety of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics Dec 03, 2020
Doc Gets 5 Years for Fraud; Vaccine-Hesitant Docs & Nurses; Lysol Under the Lid This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 25, 2020
ACIP: HCPs, Nursing Home Residents May Get COVID Vax First Essential workers would come next, as committee debates proposed distribution strategy Nov 23, 2020
Who Gets COVID-19 Vax Next: Model Offers ACIP Several Options Priorities for vaccination change, depending on public health goals Oct 30, 2020
ACIP OKs Changes to 2021 Vax Schedule Includes changes to menACWY, zoster, and language about severe allergic reactions to flu vax Oct 29, 2020
Fluad on Par With High-Dose Flu Vax in High-Risk Seniors Real-world data also shows higher effectiveness with adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine vs standard Oct 25, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
When COVID-19 Really Is 'Just Another Flu' Imagine a world as jaded about SARS-CoV-2 as it is about influenza Sep 08, 2020
No Autism Risk Connected to H1N1 Flu Vaccine Study reaching far beyond the perinatal period called "rare and welcome contribution" to vaccine safety research Aug 31, 2020
CDC: COVID-19 Patients Should Delay Flu Shot But vaccine especially important for high-risk patients this year, agency says Aug 20, 2020
No RCT for Masks? No Problem Other forms of evidence are available to judge effectiveness of this and other interventions Aug 03, 2020
Monkey Data Support Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Prevents disease, perhaps transmission too in preclinical tests Jul 28, 2020
Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Tied to Lower Alzheimer's Risk Older adults vaccinated against pneumonia have nearly 40% less Alzheimer's risk later in life Jul 27, 2020
The Great Ventilator Fiasco of COVID-19 Is this one of the biggest challenges facing science? Apr 29, 2020
Varied COVID-19 Strains Not a Problem for Vaccines -- For Now Experts say it's likely too early to worry Mar 25, 2020
ACIP: Offer Ebola Vax to Healthcare Workers With Exposure Risk Unanimous vote by CDC committee included debate about Ebola vaccine in pregnant women Feb 26, 2020
'Dead Doctors Don't Lie' Pediatrician threatened over vaccine TikTok in "global, coordinated attack" Jan 21, 2020
Higher Risk of Shingles Seen in Patients With Certain Cancers Vaccine development may help with prevention of herpes zoster in this population Dec 31, 2019
