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COVID Vaccine Versus Infection: Which Confers More Immunity?

COVID VACCINATION OFFERS MORE PROTECTION than being infected by the virus. That’s the conclusion of a new study that seems to confirm what many believe.

Loneliness Is Not Just a Feeling. It’s a Biological Emergency

Most of us were taught that loneliness is a mood. You feel sad, you miss someone, you wish you had more friends. Once you...

Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant...

The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, appeared on “CBS Morning News” on May 30 to discuss concerns that the spread of an avian flu virus has decimated flocks of birds, which may affect consumers’ supply of eggs. Eggs are a major tool in the manufacturing of vaccines that could help protect people from a bird flu outbreak.