Category: Covid-19

If you have completed both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, you may not need to be quarantined after contact with someone who tested positive in accordance […]

In the early days of the pandemic, the idea was prevalent that we should try to achieve herd immunity as soon as possible. It was […]

Pregnancy does not invalidate your eligibility for the COVID vaccine, whether you read the CDC guidelines or the new World Health Organization guidelines. A couple […]

Johnson & Johnson today released the numbers for its Phase 3 clinical trials (the final step before applying for an emergency use authorization), and it […]

Despite all the money and lubrication that has been invested in the development of vaccines against COVID-19, one would think that vaccination of people is […]

Viruses mutate; so everything is true. But now experts are worried about several of the thousands of variants of the coronavirus discovered around the world. […]

By now, we have been keeping 6 feet away from other people (or at least instructed to do so) for almost a year. Some people, […]

Whether you feel inexplicably comfortable dining indoors (whenever possible) during a pandemic, or you want to keep supporting local restaurants but are concerned about whether […]

Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest unknowns about the coronavirus has been how long people are immune after they contract and recover from it. […]

If you find it difficult to determine whose turn it is to get the COVID vaccine, there is both good and bad news. The White […]

There is no better season than Girl Scout Cookie Season. It’s time to get back to your favorite fundraising treats. I’m talking about fine mints, […]

Less than a month after the first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for use in the US, the CDC says we have distributed 17 million doses […]

Last week, amid gleeful news segments in which first-level healthcare providers received their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, reports emerged that dampened the excitement: […]

A new variant of the coronavirus has been discovered in the UK and scientists believe it may be more infectious than other lines of the […]

The uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 likely means that there are decidedly fewer opportunities in your life than before. Before the Times had gyms, restaurants, cinemas, […]

Late Thursday night, the FDA announced it would issue an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the COVID Moderna vaccine, bringing our immunization arsenal to a […]

It’s time for coronavirus vaccines. Here in the US, we received our first Pfizer / BioNTech Emergency Vaccine Authorization (EUA) just a few days ago […]

The first COVID vaccine introduced in the United States from Pfizer and BioNTech is an mRNA vaccine. The second is likely to be, too: the […]

Vaccine development takes time. Earlier this spring, we learned that the previous record for vaccine development was four years from sample to approval, and that […]

When COVID-19 emerged in March and turned into a pandemic, most of us did not think about the possible disruption of the holidays. It was […]

Since the start of the pandemic, hospitals have faced a growing number of inpatients, and as the number of patients continues to rise across the […]

The FDA’s Vaccine Advisory Group spent yesterday afternoon discussing the results of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID vaccine studies. In the end, they voted yes to […]

Almost every science fiction film about a pandemic has some kind of knickknack to distinguish immunity from potentially infected. In the 2011 film Contagion , […]

Each vaccine has its own side effects, but most are mild and / or rare. If you have ever had a pain in your arm […]

If you’ve come into contact with someone with COVID-19, the standard advice is to quarantine for 14 days and see if you develop symptoms. But […]

Getting married is already one of the most stressful moments you can spend thousands of dollars on, just like having a baby. A pre-wedding bridal […]

As COVID-19 vaccines move from hypothetical to actual, with Pfizer seeking emergency use with the Food and Drug Administration, which could have been seen by […]

Eight months after the start of the global pandemic, the incidence of COVID-19 and the number of hospitalizations are skyrocketing . Health professionals have taken […]

Despite the accelerating pace of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, millions are traveling to visit their families this week for Thanksgiving. The collection […]

One COVID-19 vaccine is already pending for possible emergency relief in December; its competitors are just around the corner. Once we have a vaccine – […]

If you’re still planning on going to any personal Thanksgiving event, also known as COVID, I’m not going to judge you. However, I will do […]

Since March, people around the world have lived in at least two different realms of reality. One area is populated by those who have changed […]

At least 21 percent of the US population has access to one of the official COVID-19 contact tracing apps developed by various state governments, but […]

Anyone got some sleep this week? For example, went to bed, closed your eyes and slept for more than 37 minutes? For those of us […]

Even under normal circumstances, early planning for large events is critical to their success. This year, of course, we are far from normal circumstances, which […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic really began in the United States in March and April, we were still figuring things out. We were locked up. Everything […]

We knew it was going to happen, but it still hurts: New York Comic Con 2020 is officially canceled in physical form and is moving […]

I have long believed that everyone should learn some unusual skill, if not a few, in order to learn how to find joy in arbitrariness. […]

This story was written long before the pandemic, but now we are hoarding toilet paper and fearing the next shortage, and Nick Douglas’s message seems […]

You are probably tired of hearing about the coronavirus, and it has only existed on Earth for seven months or so – as far as […]