COVID-19 Updates
Feature
Why are boosters being given after 8 months? Experts weigh in
Latest News
COVID-19 booster shots to start in September: Officials
Latest News
Latest data show increase in breakthrough COVID-19 cases
“Remember when the early vaccine studies came out, it was like nobody gets hospitalized, nobody dies. ... That clearly is not true.”
Feature
Health care workers share stories of Delta variant’s toll
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC officially endorses third dose of mRNA vaccines for immunocompromised
Just hours after the FDA updated its EUA for COVID vaccines, the CDC has recommended a third dose for those who are at higher risk for severe or...
News
Heparin’s COVID-19 benefit greatest in moderately ill patients
A multiplatform trial reported that therapeutic heparin improved outcomes in moderately ill COVID-19 patients but not in critically ill patients...
From the Journals
Tachycardia syndrome may be distinct marker for long COVID
Post-COVID patients with palpitations or chest pain should undergo a cardiac workup, new research suggests. The data also shed light on potential...
News
FDA authorizes booster shot for immunocompromised Americans
Those eligible for a third dose include solid organ transplant recipients, those undergoing cancer treatments, and people with autoimmune diseases...
Latest News
Hospitals struggle to find nurses, beds, even oxygen as Delta surges
“We have a vaccine, which is the key to ending this pandemic and people just refuse to take it, and so I think we’re very frustrated.”
News
FDA may okay COVID booster for vulnerable adults before weekend: Media
Between one-third and one-half of...
From the Journals
Myocarditis in adolescents after COVID-19 vaccine typically mild