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As Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines Roll Out, Parents Celebrate a Return to Almost-Normal Life
For weeks, Jessica Alvarez, 36, tracked any and all news about the impending authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. A few days before the shot seemed likely to be available, she started calling providers near her home in Georgia, trying to set up an advance appointment so her 8-year-old daughter…
Many COVID-19 Survivors Still Can’t Smell or Taste. Treating Them Isn’t Easy
On the morning after Christmas 2020, Carolyn Hinds woke up and realized she couldn’t smell or taste anything. Other signs of COVID-19, like fever, cough and muscle aches, came in the following days. Those symptoms subsided with time, but her lack of smell and taste did not. To this day, Hinds, 38, can barely smell…
Watch: A Pet Turtle’s Pursuit of Happiness in “Snowy”
Filmmakers Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis decided to make a movie about Snowy the pet turtle after spending Thanksgiving with him one year. Their short documentary is both an investigation into animal happiness and an intervention to improve one turtle’s life. Snowy is a comedy. But there also seems to be a deeper message?…
Changing Cancer Care, So Patients No Longer Feel Like a Number
Cancer patients can now map a very different disease journey for themselves—one that could ultimately mean not only better outcomes and less hit-or-miss treatments, but an improved quality of life as well.
COVID-19 Boosters Are Now Recommended for All Eligible Pregnant People
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now recommends that all pregnant and recently pregnant individuals receive a COVID-19 booster shot when they are eligible, according to guidance published on Nov. 3. That means someone who is pregnant should get a booster at least two months after receiving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine,…
A Comet May Have Exploded Over Chile 12,000 Years Ago—and it Could Happen Again
New research holds warnings for the future
If Australia Wants to be a Green Energy Superpower, It Needs to Include Its Aboriginal Communities
This story was produced in partnership with the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia’s multi-cultural and multilingual broadcaster. SBS correspondent Aneeta Bhole reported from the Northern Territory. The contents of Norman Frank’s fridge could mean the difference between life and death. His doctor told him to drink cold water for his kidney trouble, and to keep…
A Methane Pledge Is the First Good News Out of COP26. Nothing Else Will Be as Easy
Tuesday’s announcement that more than 100 countries have joined a U.S. and E.U.-led coalition to cut 30% of methane emissions by 2030 injected a welcome burst of energy into the COP 26 meetings in Glasgow after Monday’s lackluster launch. Despite the fact that the world’s biggest methane emitters—China, Russia and India, which together contribute 35%…
CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccine for Younger Children
The expert panel decided the benefits of getting vaccinated outweighed the risks for children ages 5 to 11 years
Schools Could Help More Kids Get the COVID-19 Vaccine. But History Has Some Warnings
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, the Biden Administration has signaled that it will rely on a “trusted messenger” to get information to parents and provide access to vaccines once they’re approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: schools. As part…
Up to 5 Million Children Have Lost Parents During the Pandemic. Here’s How They’ve Coped
A pandemic within the pandemic
To Get Kids Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Health Officials Will Need to Reach Hesitant Parents
For as long as COVID-19 vaccines have existed, Melissa Chernofsky has been practically counting down the days until she can get one for her 5-year-old son. “If it was like getting Lollapalooza tickets, where you have to camp out all night, that’s what I would do,” says the 46-year-old from Brooklyn. Chernofsky got a shot…