Masks

You may know that in a typical year, the flu season generally starts in October and peaks in December through February. Experts usually advise adults to obtain a flu vaccine by the end of October. Because it takes the vaccine a few weeks to get fully up to strength, you…

Maybe you know a few people who tested positive this summer and had to postpone or even cancel their summer vacation. Maybe you’ve felt a bit sick yourself and scrambled to find an at-home test to make sure it wasn’t COVID. But for most of us, COVID is largely a…

It’s been less than 2 months since our previous post on Covid and yet, in that short time, several new recommendations have surfaced about vaccinations and isolation if you become infected. These are important new pronouncements, as Covid is not going anywhere, so the better we can address and respond…

So how did you do over the holidays? Were any plans canceled due to illness? Did any holiday gatherings turn into super spreader events? If the past few winters and holiday get-togethers were any precedent, there was every likelihood that COVID-19 infection rates would climb over the holidays and hospitalizations…

So, have you “armed” yourself with the latest COVID-19 vaccine? As we previously reported, there is a new COVID-19 vaccine that will protect you from the Omicron variants now circulating. The most recent data reports that about 7 million Americans have already rolled up their sleeves and been vaccinated against…

Though Respiratory Syncytial Virus (otherwise known as RSV) was first discovered in 1956, and catching it is almost a right of passage for young children (according to the CDC nearly all children have been infected with the virus by the age of two), a recent survey found that most adults…