COVID-19 booster shots lose effectiveness rapidly, with protection plummeting by the fourth month post-shot.1 The eye-raising data, presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, follows the same dismal pattern of effectiveness displayed by the primary mRNA COVID-19 shot series, whose effectiveness also wanes in a matter of months. When one or two… Read More »
COVID-19 cases among children fall by 16% to 173,000 last week as school surge winds down, new report finds Just over 173,000 children tested positive for Covid in the week that ended on September 30, a 16% decrease from the previous week COVID-19 cases have continuing to fall after reaching a peak of just over… Read More »
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, which means it affects the lungs and other parts of the respiratory system, but it can affect the heart as well in some patients. Although COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, which means it affects the lungs and other aspects of the respiratory system, it can affect other parts of the… Read More »
Have you ever eaten something you thought was bad, then immediately thought to yourself, “how can I reset my body and make up for eating badly?” This is one of the most common phrases I hear as a Registered Dietitian. Unfortunately, resetting or doing things to make up for what you ate isn’t recommended, healthy,… Read More »
An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Friday rejected a proposal to distribute booster shots of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to the general public, paring back those plans to unanimously recommend the third shots to people age 65 and older and other vulnerable Americans. “It’s likely beneficial, in my opinion, for the… Read More »