The bill conflicts with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that required students and drivers to wear masks on buses, regardless of their vaccination status.
State medical boards have an obligation to investigate complaints about doctors, including those who may spread false information about medical care. But in Florida, Tennessee, and other states, lawmakers are moving to protect physicians using unproven COVID treatments or spreading misinformation.
History holds lessons for why low vaccination rates for children are so risky and why officials should strongly consider school mandates for the COVID vaccine.
Pandemic living has come with a barrage of daily choices that have many of us complaining of a sort of brain freeze. That exhaustion is real, and it’s got a name: “decision fatigue.”
Data from the world of sports — where resources and COVID-19 testing methods abound — offers a glimpse into how variable the period of coronavirus infectiousness might be.
The CDC reached out to pharmacists Wednesday to reinforce the message that people with moderate to severe immune suppression are eligible for fourth COVID shots. The action came in the wake of a Kaiser Health News story about pharmacists refusing to give fourth shots to patients with significant immune suppression.
In Christian County, the burden on getting the word out about isolation guidelines is being moved to employers and other health care providers – and health officials are missing important opportunities.
Sen. Damon Thayer said Gov. Andy Beshear has failed to work with legislators as well as his father, former Gov. Steve Beshear, did when he served from 2007 to 2015.