COVID-19, Flu and RSV Shots − An Epidemiologist Explains Why All Three Matter This Fall

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COVID-19, Flu and RSV Shots − An Epidemiologist Explains Why All Three Matter This Fall

By: Annette Regan, The Conversation |photo credits: Studio Romatic/Shutterstock.com The Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization on Aug. 22, 2024, for the newest, updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly endorsed the new shot to protect against severe illness. The 2024 summer wave of COVID-19 cases is a good […]

Weathering a Nationwide Tripledemic

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Weathering a Nationwide Tripledemic

By Selen Ozturk | January 9, 2024 | Ethnic Media Services A surging “tripledemic” of COVID-19, flu and RSV threatens to overburden an already burdened U.S. healthcare system. At a Friday, January 5 briefing co-hosted by Ethnic Media Services and Blue Shield of California Foundation, medical experts discussed tripledemic predictions; the newest JN.1 strain of […]