As emergency physicians, my husband and I were determined to protect ourselves, our teens, and society as a whole with the latest monovalent COVID vaccine, which the CDC recently recommended for all Americans aged 6 months and more. I realized we were in for some turmoil, however, when my 78-year-old mother arrived for her appointment …
For people suffering from a COVID-19 attack, the antiviral Paxlovid has been a godsend. The drug became the go-to antiviral treatment during the pandemic after the Food and Drug Administration granted it emergency use authorization in December 2021. Now there is a new antiviral drug superior to Paxlovid, but Americans can’t get it because it’s …
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Although ’tis the season to get your COVID-19 booster, many uninsured people are finding it much more difficult to get vaccinated this year. What was once free now costs over a hundred dollars. Over the weekend, hundreds of people waited in line in San Francisco’s Mission District to get their free …
People living with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, are at increased risk of reinfection with COVID-19, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Looking at COVID-19 and HIV infections in Chicago, CDC researchers determined that reinfection rates were consistently higher among people who were HIV-positive than among those …