Vaccines

People fully vaccinated against polio have little to fear

Now is a good time to get both your COVID and flu shots, according to a nurse and public health expert

New COVID booster vaccines built for the latest variants are here and should be more effective. But there are still some unknowns

This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually).

A small fraction of young children in the U.S. are vaccinated against COVID. Pediatricians can help

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID booster shots that target the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. Here’s what experts know

No child should have to die of a preventable disease. Getting pediatric vaccine numbers back to what they used to be will take money, time and cooperation

Cases of paralysis in the U.S. and Israel suggest vaccine-derived poliovirus has infected many people

An unvaccinated person in New York State’s Rockland County developed paralysis from a polio infection, emphasizing the need to target vaccination efforts to vulnerable communities

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we take a few minutes to talk about the other virus making headlines—and then return to long COVID.

A virologist explains how they work, who can get them and how well they prevent infection

Learning from past failures in the development of staph vaccines may inform how other vaccines for common bugs should be developed