COVID pandemic disrupted progress in routine child, teen vaccination rates, data suggest
A study published today in Pediatrics shows that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, routine childhood and adolescent vaccination has fallen off...
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Paxlovid, a drug to treat COVID-19, has been free so far. Next year, patients will have to pay the cost.
Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent...
Analysis | The curious history of Georgia’s runoff election
Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. On this day in 1923, according to the Associated Press,...
For the Uninsured, COVID Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis
Mandy Alderman, whose difficulty getting care for COVID-19 has become an increasingly common problem for poor, uninsured Americans, in Lawrenceville,...
Covid Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis for the Uninsured
As federal funding for the pandemic response dries up, Americans without health insurance risk being left footing the bill for...
COVID-19 Declined among Top Five Telehealth Diagnoses Nationally and in Most Regions in September 2022
Telehealth Utilization Virtually Unchanged from August to September 2022 with Modest Uptick in the NortheastNEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/...
Gaps Remain in HPV Vaccine Coverage for Children Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The monthly volume of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine doses administered have returned to the level observed prior to the COVID-19...
Postpartum visits declined during COVID-19, especially among Black, young and uninsured women
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Attendance at postpartum health care visits declined by almost six percentage points during the COVID-19 pandemic —...
Why long Covid could be ‘the next public health disaster’
Sam Norpel and her family. Norpel, 48, second from the right, got Covid-19 in December 2021 and hasn't recovered. This...
Long Covid may be ‘the next public health disaster’ — with a $3.7 trillion economic impact rivaling the Great Recession
Sam Norpel and her family. Norpel, 48, second from the right, got Covid-19 in December 2021 and hasn't recovered. This...