The News Desk2025-04-11

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COVID made shortages of doctors and nurses even worse. Rural hospitals still struggle

Natalie Krebs2025-03-14

Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital in Sigourney, Iowa, is small. The 14-bed hospital, in the southeastern part of the state, doesn't do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. This story was produced in partnership with …

CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though with low confidence

Katie Bo Lillis2025-01-25

CNN — The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, just days after Director John Ratcliffe took the reins. The agency has for years said it did not …

Dr. Leana Wen says for bird flu, "we should have learned our lesson from COVID" in testing

Patrick Maguire2024-12-30

Dr. Leana Wen said Sunday that the lack of testing for bird flu doesn't mean that the virus isn't alive in humans, and that she feels the federal …

Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you

Rob Stein2024-11-18

With the flu season getting underway, and COVID-19 still circulating, if you get sick you might wonder: 'Which virus got me this time?' Until now, sick people who wanted to get tested had to crawl out of bed and sit in a waiting room surrounded by other coughing, sneezing people. "You may have a …

Do the Covid vaccines provide long-lasting protection?

By Akshay Syal, M.D.2024-11-03

The CDC is recommending that older adults get a second Covid shot in the spring. How durable are the vaccines? In October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that high-risk adults get a second updated Covid vaccine to bolster their protection against the virus. The agency now …

C.D.C. Expands Covid Vaccine Recommendations

By Dani Blum2024-05-22

The agency endorsed additional doses for people at high risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday expanded its Covid vaccine recommendations, urging some people to get additional doses of the updated shots. The agency said that people 65 and older and those who are moderately …

Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization

Jackie Fortiér2024-09-29

Nearly 90% of babies who had to be hospitalized for COVID-19 had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine during pregnancy, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Babies too young to be vaccinated had the highest COVID hospitalization rate of any age group except people …

The News Desk2024-09-28

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