Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, US News, March 3, 2023 The highly transmissible omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is well on its way to being responsible for virtually all COVID-19 infections in the U.S. According to updated estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, XBB.1.5 caused nearly …
FDA authorizes first at-home test for both COVID and the flu
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, March 2, 2023 Sick and wondering if you may have either COVID-19 or the flu? A new test cleared for use by the Food and Drug Administration promises to tell you just that. The Lucira COVID-19 …
FDA authorizes the first at-home test for COVID-19 and the flu
Juliana Kim, NPR, February 25, 2023 The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Friday for the first at-home test that can simultaneously detect both COVID-19 and the flu. With a shallow nasal swab, the single-use kit …
Understanding the Recommendations for COVID-19 Booster Shots
Vanessa Caceres, US News, February 21, 2023 With all the talk in the past couple of years about COVID vaccines and boosters, it may be confusing to know just when you should get a COVID-19 booster. A lot of that confusion has to …
What doctors wish patients knew about long COVID-19 brain fog
Sara Berg, American Medical Association, February 17, 2023 Patients with long COVID—sometimes called COVID long-haulers—experience an assortment of symptoms that may persist for weeks, months or even years after their SARS-CoV-2 infection. While symptoms vary widely, months after COVID-19, some patients …