covid-19 vaccine Moderna Asks FDA to Authorize Its COVID Vaccine for Kids Under 6 Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration that it hopes will prove two low-dose shots can protect children under the age of 6.
covid-19 vaccine What You Need to Know About a 4th COVID Vaccine Dose The CDC and FDA have recommended a second booster dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people age 50 and older. But why did the recommendation come out so quickly? And will we have to get a yearly booster shot in the future? Dr. Uché Blackstock shares her thoughts.
coronavirus pandemic Is Now the Time to Roll Back Mask Mandates? “When we reduce these measures, we increase our vulnerability of having transmission continue to go high,” says Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist at the Pandemic Prevention Institute. She joined LX News to talk about mask restrictions and what loosening them could mean for the nation.
covid-19 vaccine Parenting During COVID Can Feel Like a Game of ‘Pong' One week it’s optimism for a vaccine authorization for kids under 5. The next week you hear further research is needed. Dr. Alok Patel feels for the parents who are just trying to get good information and do the right thing amid all the rapidly developing science (and political polarization) around COVID-19. “They just want to find good information, and...
covid-19 vaccine 2 COVID ‘Long-Haulers' Open Up About Their Recovery Inflammation, stress, memory issues, and other symptoms of “long haul” COVID-19 are still impacting Fiona Lowenstein and Chimére Smith. Smith tells LX News she developed occipital neuralgia after contracting the virus in March 2020. “It almost feels like I have a rubber band around my head, actually 20 of them at any given time,” Smith said.
coronavirus pandemic Doctor Shares an Honest Look at Life Working in an ICU Right Now Dr. Jason Chertoff tries to focus on the positive and why he got into the medical profession: to help people. But at the Ohio ICU where he works, morale is rapidly depleting as the unit again fills with COVID-19 patients – most of whom are unvaccinated. Chertoff says he’s tried to convince people to get their shots – meanwhile, staffing...
covid-19 vaccine COVID Vaccines Can Cause Small, Temporary Changes in Menstrual Cycles, Study Shows When the COVID-19 vaccines were first administered, some people who received their shot noticed a change in their menstrual cycles. Now a dataset from a fertility app called Natural Cycles shows vaccinated people did experience a longer cycle, but that change is temporary. Dr. Hugh Taylor, chair of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, explains...
Omicron Variant Omicron Has Peaked in the Northeast, But Cases May Not Drop Right Away Omicron has probably reached its peak in the northeast United States, says NBC medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar. Cases are rising less quickly than before and could hopefully come down quickly too. But “we have to watch and wait and see what happens,” Azar says.
covid-19 vaccine Before Sending Her Kids to School, a Doctor Looked For These COVID Protocols Dr. Uché Blackstock looked at coronavirus prevention strategies like mask mandates ventilation, testing and rates of vaccination before deciding to sending them to New York City public schools. “This is a decision that no parent should have to make, but here we are having to make this decision,” Blackstock says.
schools We Need ‘A Statewide Strategy' to Give Schools the COVID Tests They Need “We are having challenges right now securing orders that we’ve put in with our local health department because the tests just aren’t there,” says Superintendent Susan Enfield of the Highline School District, outside of Seattle, Washington.
