Category: Health & Wellbeing

A discussion on who should count as high-risk could result in most Americans being eligible for an extra shot, or only a select few.A discussion…

View More C.D.C. Panel Will Meet on Who Gets Pfizer Vaccine Booster

In areas inundated with coronavirus patients, hospitals have postponed treatments and surgeries for people with other serious conditions.In areas inundated with coronavirus patients, hospitals have…

View More High Covid Hospitalizations Have Delayed Elective Surgeries

Dr. Nkengasong will be the first person of African origin to oversee the U.S. government program combating H.I.V., which has ravaged the continent.Dr. Nkengasong will…

View More John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFAR

The U.N.-backed vaccine program is so far behind schedule that not even 10 percent of the population in poor countries is fully vaccinated, experts say.The…

View More Biden Pushes Global Plan to Battle Covid-19 as National Gaps Widen

The committee said there was insufficient evidence to recommend third shots for all adult recipients of the vaccine, as Pfizer had requested.The committee said there…

View More F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Those Over 65 or at Risk

Masks work best when everyone in the room has one on, but you’ll still benefit from masking up even when those around you aren’t.Masks work…

View More Will A Mask Protect You From Covid If Nobody Else is Wearing One?

The study found that the shots’ effectiveness in preventing hospitalization fell to 77 percent from 91 percent four months after full vaccination.The study found that…

View More Pfizer Vaccine Protection Wanes, C.D.C. Study Shows