By Victoria Falk, Special to CAW The NYC Test & Trace Corps is a public health initiative to fight the threat of COVID-19. The Corps is a group of doctors, public health professionals, and community advocates working to reverse the COVID-19 outbreak and protect our city. NYC Health + Hospitals lead the Corps’ work in […]
By William Petri, The Conversation When COVID-19 first began spreading, public health and medical experts began talking about the need for the U.S. to reach herd immunity to stop the coronavirus from spreading. Experts have estimated that between 60% and 90% of people in the U.S. would need to be vaccinated for that to happen. […]
By Debbie-Ann Shirley, The Conversation The Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents 12 to 15 years of age on May 10, 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed with recommendations endorsing use in this age group after their advisory group meeting on May 12. The American Academy […]
By Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue I have been thinking about the Pfizer COVID vaccine since August of 2020, when I became patient 1133 in the Pfizer trial. A lot has happened since then. I got the placebo in August, got the real vaccine in February, my husband got it in February, and my 17-year-old got it […]
For four different types of households.
By David Leonhardt, NY Times The new C.D.C. guidance has excited many Americans and scared many others. Some people feel both emotions, understandably enough: They’re excited to start returning to more normal daily life and still scared by a pandemic that is killing about 600 Americans a day. This morning, I want to think through […]
By Lena V. Groeger, ProPublica The economic and health crisis brought on by the pandemic has struck Black Americans especially hard: from their prevalence among workers in essential high-risk fields, to their disproportionate share of deaths, to extensive job losses. But the racial disparities didn’t begin with the virus. National unemployment numbers that now seem […]
The C.D.C. responds to scientific evidence and says vaccinated people rarely need masks.
A man wearing a mask to protect him from the coronavirus rides a bike through Times Square in New York City. New York, NY – April 20, 2020 (Shutterstock) By David Leonhardt, NY Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finally catching up to the science. For months, research about Covid-19 has pointed […]
By Hannah Keyser, Yahoo Sports A coronavirus outbreak among vaccinated players and staff has “rocked” the New York Yankees and attracted the attention of the CDC this week. So far, eight people, including shortstop Gleyber Torres, have tested positive more than 14 days after being fully vaccinated. Because the team has a high level of […]
What COVID nails look like, and if you should worry if you notice them.
By Korin Miller, Health There are so many weird things that can happen after you’ve recovered from COVID-19, from a persistent cough to hair loss. Now there’s a new side effect to keep on your radar: COVID nails, aka Beau’s lines. Tim Spector, a British epidemiologist and principal investigator of the Zoe COVID Symptom Study app, recently […]
By Kerry Dooley Young, Alicia Ault, WebMD The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for teens age 12 to 15 gained final federal authorization on Wednesday as the director of the CDC urged parents to get their children immunized. “This official CDC action opens vaccination to approximately 17 million adolescents in the United States and strengthens our nation’s […]