CDC recommends parents talk to a doctor about getting COVID-19 shots for kids

The CDC’s vaccine schedule recommends COVID vaccines for children through ‘shared clinical decision-making.’ There is no recommendation for pregnant women. kamon_saejueng/iStockphoto/Getty Images kamon_saejueng/iStockphoto/Getty Images The federal government has removed the recommendation that children and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 vaccines. The change, reflected in new vaccine schedules posted by theContinue Reading

Here's the science behind the COVID vaccine in pregnancy

stefanamer/Getty Images/iStockphoto You’re pregnant, healthy and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., removed the COVID vaccine from the list of vaccinations you should get. “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnantContinue Reading

CDC Issues New Advice on Covid Vaccines for Children That Contradicted RFK Jr.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy. Days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid shots would be removed from the federal immunization schedule for children, the CentersContinue Reading

Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer's? One couple is helping scientists find out

Joe Walsh, who has Alzheimer’s disease, is accompanied by his wife, Karen Walsh, to an appointment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Joe is receiving an experimental therapy to treat Alzheimer’s. Jodi Hilton/for NPR‎ Jodi Hilton/for NPR‎ Joe Walsh, 79, is waiting to inhale. He’s perched on a tanContinue Reading