By Jim Reed, BBC The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator. The tablet – molnupiravir – will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease. In clinical trials the pill, originally developed to treat flu, cut the risk of hospitalization or […]
By Andrew Romano, Yahoo News When it comes to COVID-19, what happens in the United Kingdom rarely stays in the United Kingdom — and that, in turn, rarely bodes well for the rest of the world. Again and again, the U.K. has previewed the next unwelcome phase of the pandemic. The highly transmissible Alpha variant […]
By Brian Dean Abramson, The Conversation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends COVID-19 vaccines for everyone aged 12 and up. And yet, 12- to 15-year olds are the least vaccinated age group in the country, with 1 in 3 having received one dose and just 1 in 4 being fully vaccinated – about […]
By Chris Sommerfeldt, NY Daily News Federal regulators haven’t authorized booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine yet — but Mayor de Blasio is already laying the groundwork for administering them. Hizzoner rolled out a booster shot plan Thursday that involves offering the additional doses at all vaccination sites in the city and extending opening hours […]
By Shuan Sim, Crain’s New York A federal judge on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order against the state enforcing its vaccine mandate on health care workers. The state Department of Health on Aug. 26 required all health care workers to have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by Sept. 27, with […]
Venus Williams at the BNP PARIBAS OPEN Tennis Tournament in Indian Wells, CA on March 15, 2018 – Shutterstock Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams talks about why it’s important to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even if you’re young and feel invincible. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and get vaccinated: https://vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/
By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Scarlet Taveras was 17 when she evacuated her high school, just south of the World Trade Center, on Sept. 11, 2001. Now, 20 years later, after a career in fashion that took her to Europe and a stint in Atlanta, Taveras is back in her childhood home in Washington Heights […]
By Dr. Dave A. Chokshi From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our knowledge about the virus has constantly evolved, and we are now confronting a new challenge. Over the past several months, we have seen a rise in COVID-19 infections as a result of the delta variant, a new strain of the original virus […]
By Kathleen Doheny, WebMD Not so long ago, Heather Simpson of Dallas was known as the anti-vaccine mom who dressed as “the measles” for Halloween. She painted red spots on her face and posted her photo on Facebook, joking: “Was trying to think of the least scary thing I could be for Halloween … so […]
By Aria Bendix, Insider Every now and then, a coronavirus variant comes along that makes scientists do a double-take. This month, that variant is C.1.2, which was first detected in South Africa in May. The variant carries “concerning constellations of mutations” that could make it highly transmissible or resistant to the body’s immune defenses – […]