What Does Approval of the Pfizer Vaccine for Teens and Preteens Mean for My Child?
Q:The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. What does this mean...
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No One Actually Knows If You’re Vaccinated
If you have been fortunate enough to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, you also possess an essential, high-tech tool for proving your immunity to others.Just kidding, it’s a piece of cardstock. On the flimsy rectangle that all...
Read MoreWe Can’t Hide in Our Bubble of Immunity Forever
The United States is rapidly encasing itself in a bubble of immunity. Heading into a quite possibly wonderful summer, more than half of adults are at least partly vaccinated against COVID-19, and their masks are coming off. Some...
Read MorePodcast: Share the Vaccine ‘Recipe’
When the Biden administration announced support for waiving COVID-19 vaccine patents last week, it was met with praise, relief, skepticism, and alarm by different groups—but surprise all around. Pharmaceutical giants have long...
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You’ve Added Your Kids to Your Health Plan. What About Mom?
SACRAMENTO — When Laura Chavez’s 74-year-old mom needed eye surgery last month, Chavez paid cash...
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Another Pandemic ‘To Do’ on the List for Schools: Contact Tracing
Chris Hodges, the principal of Gaylord High School in Otsego County, Michigan, never thought he’d...
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India’s COVID-19 Disaster May Be Turning Into an Even Bigger Global Crisis
High in the thin air of the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, Sherpas and climbers used to walk...
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Biden Boasts About Equitable Senior Vaccination Rate by Race Without Data to Back It Up
“There’s virtually no difference between white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American,” referring to...
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Covid Fears Keep Many Latino Kids out of Classrooms
EAST LOS ANGELES — For the past year, 13-year-old twins Ariel Jr. and Abraham Osorio have logged...
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Don’t Eat the Yellowstone Snow: Elite Ski Resort Aims to Turn Sewage Into Powder
An exclusive Montana resort wants to turn sewage into snow so that its rich and famous members can...
Read MoreThe Doctors Who Bet Their Patients’ Lives on COVID-19 Test Results
When the third coronavirus surge hit the U.S. last fall, the midwestern states were among the worst affected. Thousands of people in the region were being hospitalized with the virus every day. It was at this inauspicious time...
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Suicide Among Black Girls Is a Mental Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
When Dionne Monsanto was pregnant, she decided that she wanted to find a name that means...
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