Studies show mostly poor long-COVID protection for Paxlovid
Two new studies find limited evidence of the usefulness of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) to prevent the development of long COVID—but with...
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School report: Pre-K students, staff most likely to have acute respiratory infections
A study in the North Kansas City, Missouri, pre-K–12 public school system finds that pre-K (pre-kindergarten) and elementary students had...
HHS names 5 new members to CDC vaccine advisory board
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced the...
Illinois, Arizona, Virginia issue orders to improve COVID vaccine access
Health officials in three more states—Illinois, Arizona, and Virginia—announced steps to ease access to updated COVID-19 vaccines in light of...
FDA officials may try to link COVID vaccines to pediatric deaths, reports suggest
Health officials in three more states—Illinois, Arizona, and Virginia—announced steps to ease access to updated COVID-19 vaccines in light of...
Kids with COVID had a 50% to 60% higher risk of depression, anxiety in 2021, researchers say
Joice Kelly / Unsplash Relative to uninfected children, COVID-19 patients aged 8 to 17 years were at a 49% higher...
Senate committee to probe CDC shake-up; New Jersey eases COVID vaccine access
Sen Bill Cassidy, MD, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee yesterday announced a hearing for...
Food insecurity tied to higher risk of long COVID
A new survey of more than 21,000 US adults shows that those who reported food insecurity had a 73% higher...
Analysis: More American women went without Pap smears during COVID-19 pandemic
A survey of almost 2,000 US women published today in PLOS Global Health shows that the COVID-19 pandemic, with its disruptions...
Pfizer reports strong phase 3 clinical data for 2025-26 COVID vaccine
Hanna Knutsson / Flickr cc A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–led study links spillover from small mammals such as voles...