Prevention

Experts Warn of Rising Flu Cases—Here’s Where to Get Home Tests

New CDC report reveals that flu season is far from over. While flu A cases are dwindling, flu B and COVID-19 cases are on the rise nationwide. Here’s where to find the best home tests for early ...

FDA clears Visby Medical’s at-home Covid-19 and Influenza PCR test

Visby Medical’s over the counter (OTC) combination PCR test for Covid-19 and influenza A/B detection has secured US Food and ...
Time

The Clashing Advice Over COVID-19 Shots for Kids

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STAT

Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence

Walensky is a professor at Harvard Medical School and served as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once clinical trials showed that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and ...
WNCT

Moderna gets full FDA approval for kids COVID-19 vaccine

(NewsNation) — Moderna reports it has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in children six months through 11 years of age, who are at ...
CNN

Low-income families are still waiting on Covid-19 vaccines for kids, but states say they’re coming

Valerie Brickey went to three pharmacies and her regular pediatrician in late September in an effort to find a Covid-19 vaccine for her 16-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh. Both Brickey and her ...
Mercury News

Kids may be more likely to get the new ‘Cicada’ variant of Covid-19, scientists say. Here’s what to know about BA.3.2

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults. Rather, ...