Category: Public Health

Not All Experts Are Ready to Vaccinate Kids Against Covid

Rare reports of minor heart damage have convinced some scientists that further study is needed before racing to extend covid shots to more children.

North Carolina in mental health state of emergency, providers say

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CDC creates COVID-19 testing tool for providers

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COVID-19 vaccination rates among pregnant women: 5 CDC findings

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Unvaccinated, Homebound and Now Hospitalized With Covid in New York City

Across the country, doctors report that those hospitalized with covid now are largely unvaccinated. New York City lags the rest of the nation in vaccinating people 65 and older, and its efforts to reach the homebound and disabled have been late in coming and disorganized.

CDC releases framework for treating COVID-19 long-haulers

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For Toddlers, Pandemic Shapes Development During Formative Years

The pandemic created disruption and family stress that may have lasting effects on young children’s social and emotional development.

COVID-19 may have been in 5 states as early as December 2019, NIH study suggests

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Delta now ‘variant of concern,’ CDC says

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The role racial disparities play in reaching — or not reaching — mass vaccination goals

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