In the last few years, rising vaccine hesitancy levels have contributed to decreased vaccination coverage for common pathogens in the general population, and specifically among minors. During the COVID pandemic, the debate ...
Jan 18, 2024
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Following a rocky roll-out, more than 7 million Americans have now gotten the newly updated COVID vaccines.
Oct 16, 2023
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Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid increase in throat cancer in the west, to the extent that some have called it an epidemic. This has been due to a large rise in a specific type of throat cancer called oropharyngeal ...
Apr 26, 2023
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The Biden administration intends for the COVID-19 public health emergency to end in May, while some lawmakers in Congress wish to end it immediately. The World Health Organization has declared we're on the verge of a turn ...
Feb 1, 2023
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After nearly three years of keeping COVID under control, China is experiencing a massive new wave of COVID infections. The official figures reporting 60,000 deaths between December 8 and January 12 are widely seen as underestimating ...
Jan 23, 2023
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The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Early in the pandemic, the term "herd immunity" hit the headlines, along with a polarized discussion on how to achieve it.
Jun 3, 2022
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Achieving classical herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may not be attainable, according to a new perspective published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. However, widespread use of currently ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID-19?
Feb 23, 2022
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Average daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to fall in the U.S., an indicator that the omicron variant's hold is weakening across the country.
Feb 21, 2022
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