Rachana Pradhan, CBS News, March 21, 2023 The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests. In response to the …
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A look back at the pandemic in East TN, 3 years later
WBIR, March 17, 2023 It has been around three years since cases of COVID-19 were first reported in East Tennessee. Since then, the World Health Organization reported that at least 6.8 million people died across the world from COVID-19. The …
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID omicron booster as fourth shot for kids under 5
Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, March 14, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Pfizer’s omicron booster shot for kids under five years old who were previously vaccinated with three doses of the company’s original vaccine. Children six months through four …
The knowns — and known unknowns — of long COVID, explained
Dylan Scott, Vox, March 13, 2023 Three years since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, the syndrome known as “long Covid” remains one of its chief mysteries. Those mysteries include what the syndrome even is. The long-term fatigue and brain fog …
The winter COVID wave that wasn’t: Why the US didn’t see a surge
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, March 13, 2023 When the United States saw COVID-19 cases and deaths rise around this past Christmas and New Year‘s, many Americans feared the country was in for a third winter wave. But as quickly as both metrics went up, they …