Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have been rising since May 2024, with the highest rates seen in adults 65 and older and infants under 6 months old. Therefore, health experts recommend getting the updated COVID-19 shot as soon as possible.
Has public health failed us? Or have we failed public health?
This spring, a virulent strain of bird flu ripped through U.S. farms. The public hardly noticed. That we could ignore the disease shows just how little we’ve learned about the origin of new viruses.
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In the midst of a two-year covid pandemic, it is easy to not notice that progress is being made in the battle against another pandemic threat: influenza.
As pandemic restrictions ease, other respiratory viruses are returning in unexpected ways.
The promise and peril of this year’s missing flu season.
The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming, and the rest of us know what we need to do. The final death toll from Covid-19 will depend both on how we behave going forward and how quickly innovations arrive.
Influenza became one more example of British injustice that spurred Indian people in their fight for independence. Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “In no other civilized country could a government have left things so much undone as did the Government of India"
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