Doctors are exasperated by the persistence of false and misleading claims about the virus.
Category: Vaccination and Immunization
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Opposition to School Vaccine Mandates Has Grown Significantly, Study Finds
The New York Times – Business:A third of parents now feel they should be the ones to decide whether to get their children immunized against measles, mumps and other childhood diseases.
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‘It Doesn’t Hurt at All’: In China’s New Covid Strategy, Vaccines Matter
The New York Times – Business:As the government drops its restrictions, it not only needs to convince people that the virus is nothing to fear, but also that inoculations are essential.
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Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs
The New York Times – Business:Residents in the capital city buy up at-home tests and fever medication following the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy.
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China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Policy Changes, Explained
The New York Times – Business:The Chinese government ordered officials to cut back on mass testing and hair-trigger regional lockdowns, in a pivot from stringent pandemic rules.
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China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters
The New York Times – Business:Beijing’s costly policy of lockdowns has pummeled the world’s second-largest economy and set off mass public protests that were a rare challenge to China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
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China Says It Will Do More to Vaccinate Older People Against Covid
The New York Times – Business:Only 40 percent of those age 80 or older have had booster shots. Officials said they will go door-to-door and bring vaccines to nursing homes to lift that number.
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Outbreaks Test China’s Efforts to Limit the Cost of ‘Zero Covid’
The New York Times – Business:China wants to fine-tune its stringent pandemic restrictions to reduce the disruption to daily life caused by lockdowns. But officials are still taking few chances.
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Will Covid Boosters Prevent Another Wave? Scientists Aren’t So Sure.
The New York Times – Business:The shots may help older, pregnant and immunocompromised Americans dodge serious illness or death. But the doses are not likely to prevent infections in any group, recent studies suggest.
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What’s Next for Kyrie Irving’s Career?
The New York Times – Sports:Irving’s antisemitic movie post is his biggest controversy yet. But the potential fallout could affect not just his basketball career but the N.B.A. itself.
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Germany’s Leader Seeks Accord With China on Covid Vaccines
The New York Times – Business:Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Beijing that China and the European Union were working toward approval of each other’s pandemic vaccines.
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Scientists Are Gaining On RSV, a Persistent Threat to Children
The New York Times – Business:Vaccines and treatments are in trials, but the virus remains a leading killer of infants worldwide.