By Dennis Thompson, September 16, 2024 People should prepare for the fall cold and flu season by getting the updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations, an infectious diseases expert says. “When my patients ask me if they should be getting a COVID vaccine …
COVID virus lingers in tissues for over a year
Dennis Thompson, US News & World Report, March 11, 2024 The COVID-19 virus can linger in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after they’ve shaken their initial infection, new findings show. Researchers found pieces of …
Entering the fifth year of the Coronavirus, where does Long COVID stand?
Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, US News & World Report, March 11, 2024 Much has changed since the World Health Organization first called COVID-19 a pandemic four years ago today. As the U.S. enters its fifth year with the coronavirus, vaccines are available and have …
USPS will stop accepting orders for free COVID tests on March 8
Alexander Tin, CBS News, March 5, 2024 Two government-run efforts to distribute free COVID-19 tests and to offer free courses of Pfizer’s Paxlovid antiviral are set to end Friday, as trends of the virus have largely slowed. The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, or ASPR, …
Scientists may have spotted a key to long COVID
Ernie Mundell, US News & World Report, February 22, 2024 Infection with the COVID-19 virus triggers the production of an immune system protein that’s long been associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression. Trouble is, for folks suffering from Long …