The news, including social media, often includes more opinion than truth. This makes it hard for people to accurately understand the benefits of vaccination and how the pandemic is evolving. Today,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges for children and their education. We know that there is a lot of misinformation. As a result, many parents are unsure of the best and most...

One of the key features of the holiday season is the coming together of families. Often, family members live long distances apart for the rest of the year. We know that, in general, viruses that...

For a long time, researchers have observed a phenomenon known as the Hispanic/Latino paradox. This is where the average life expectancy is longer for Hispanic/Latino people than for White people in...

The emergence of the delta variant of COVID-19 and the reduced effectiveness over time of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine led to a resurgence of COVID cases in populations that had been vaccinated...

The main benefit from COVID vaccines is the prevention of serious disease. Overall, about 95% of people getting vaccinated will directly benefit. This leaves 5% of vaccinated people who will remain...

Two new drugs have been developed for acute COVID infection. The new drugs are Molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and Paxlovid. In clinical trials, people most at risk from the serious effects of COVID were...

Infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 creates a strong immune response. This is called natural immunity. If someone has had COVID and then receives a vaccine later, this is called “hybrid...

In the United States, Latino/Hispanic children and teens have double the risk of becoming obese compared to White youths. There is no single cause of obesity. However, known risk factors include...

In addition to broad global access to vaccines for everyone, booster vaccinations have the potential to play an important role in the fight against COVID-19. However, debates around booster shots of...

There are almost 30 million children aged 5 to 11 in the United States. In December 2020, vaccines against the virus that causes COVID were approved for use by young people aged 16 or older. In May...

As we learn more about vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers have studied if mixing and matching vaccines can reduce the risk of side effects. For example, there are concerns...