How to Get a Covid Vaccine Shot for Your Kid
Every child 5 years and older is now eligible, but getting an appointment may take a little patience.
C.D.C. Recommends Covid Vaccine for Younger Children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday formally endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 through 11, a move that will buttress defenses against a possible surge as winter arrives and ease the worries of tens of millions of pandemic-weary parents. At a meeting earlier in the day, a panel of…
Democrats Reach Deal to Control Drug Prices in Bill
WASHINGTON — House Democrats reached a deal on Tuesday to add a measure to curb prescription drug costs to President Biden’s $1.85 trillion social safety net plan, agreeing to allow the government for the first time to negotiate prices for medications covered by Medicare as they pushed for a quick vote on the bill. Negotiators…
At the Radio City Christmas Show, Some Workers Worry About Covid Rules
Employees must all be vaccinated, but some are upset that the upcoming show is not also testing them for the virus, as is done on Broadway and at other major performing venues.
Pfizer, Moderna Covid Shots Less Effective for Immunocompromised, Study Shows
Coronavirus vaccines were significantly less effective in protecting people with weakened immune systems than they were for other people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday, buttressing the agency’s call for immunocompromised adults to receive third or fourth doses of vaccines. Two doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines were 77…
Widespread Coronavirus Infection Found in Iowa Deer, New Study Says
The Penn State researchers have been working with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which already conducts surveillance on chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological illness among white-tailed deer. The first positive test results showed up in September 2020 — in two deer at different ends of the state. Between late November and early January,…
Prepare Kids for Daylight Saving Time
The right plan can help ease the change.
Opioid Makers Win Major Victory in California Trial
The ruling underscored what legal experts have asserted from the outset about the opioid litigation: that apportioning responsibility will be very difficult, because opioids pass through so many entities — including manufacturers, medical supply distributors, doctors and pharmacies, including big-box retailers — before reaching a patient. Crucially, the medication is federally approved. Moreover, establishing a…
Covid Shots for Children 5 to 11 Could Begin Soon After C.D.C. Panel Meets
Is the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine safe for children ages 5 to 11? Does it work? Does every child need it? The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the vaccine for emergency use in those age groups, following a near-unanimous recommendation from its advisers last week. On Tuesday, a similar committee advising the Centers for Disease…
Testosterone Levels: Can Specific Foods or Diets Boost Them?
“The moral is that healthy men who are of normal weight with no significant comorbidities are unlikely to benefit from restrictive diets,” said Dr. Richard J. Fantus, one of the study’s authors and a urologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill. Diet studies are complicated, because changing one component of the diet, such as…