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Should you get a Covid-19 booster now, or wait until the fall?

As we gear up for another wave of Covid-19 this fall, experts say you should definitely be prepared to get a booster shot. Here's when you should get it.

Inverse · Aug 29, 2022

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave

Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022

Will Americans have the right COVID-19 vaccine this fall? Maybe

In a few short months, the weather will turn crisp, the holiday season will draw near, and the coronavirus may embark on its third consecutive winter of death and devastation.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 13, 2022

Why new COVID variants are driving a surprise surge

In its evolutionary fight for survival, the COVID virus is switching strategies: It’s becoming a master at slipping past our immune systems. And that, say experts, is largely why we’re dealing with an unexpected surge.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

US panel recommends COVID booster jab for children aged 5 to 11

Just more than 29 percent of US children in the age group have received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine to date.

Al Jazeera · May 19, 2022

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022

Q&A: I’m eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot. Should I get it?

So you took the first COVID-19 vaccine that was offered to you and — if it was one of the two mRNA vaccines available in the U.S. — you went back on schedule to get the second jab. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a booster shot,…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 31, 2022

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly Covid shots

Assertions by pharmaceutical company executives have created pressure for scientists and politicians to take action

Salon · Mar 23, 2022

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly shots for COVID. Not so fast, experts say

When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said March 13 that all Americans would need a second booster shot, it struck many COVID-19 experts as a self-serving remark without scientific merit. It also set off spasms of doubt over the country’s objectives in its fight against the coronavirus.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2022

COVID vax: Pregnant women left behind

Clinical trials of COVID vaccines excluded pregnant people, which left many wondering whether to get vaccinated

Salon · Mar 1, 2022