By Marc Silver, June 23, 2024 We all remember those early days of the pandemic. I used to run with a mask on outdoors with no one in sight. (Imagine my relief to learn that outdoor air effectively disperses pathogens). …
COVID summer wave grows, especially in West, with new variant LB.1 on the rise
By Alexander Tin, June 21, 2024 A summertime wave of COVID-19 infections is arriving earlier than last year across a growing share of the country, federal data suggests, as a new variant called LB.1 could be on track to become …
Nurse practitioner says those with long COVID should be cautious in extreme heat
By Kenzie Hagood, June 21, 2024 On Friday, News Channel 11 spoke with Pammela Poore, a nurse practitioner at the Center for Post-COVID Care in Kingsport, about long COVID-19. Poore said long COVID is when a person continues to experience …
Study sheds light on factors that may predispose some COVID patients to recover more slowly
By Columbia University Irving Medical Center, June 17, 2024 Early in the pandemic, many people who had SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 began to report that they couldn’t shake off their symptoms even after a month or more—unusually long for a …
FDA modifies strain recommendation for fall COVID vaccine amid variant shifts, uptick in cases
By Lisa Schnirring, June 14, 2024 Though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week recommended that vaccine companies switch to the JN.1 variant for updated shots for the fall, yesterday it urged companies to focus on the KP.2 lineage if …