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Two powerful drugs now adding to US overdose crisis
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Thu,01/27/22-2:58PM , 363 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America's drug overdose crisis.
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A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have received booster shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the studies, Friday. Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Fri,01/21/22-10:17AM , 423 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.

They are the first large U.S. studies to look at vaccine protection against omicron, health officials said.
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Dec. 8, 2021, in Atlanta. One year into Walensky’s tenure as director, her bid to make the CDC more agile is being challenged by political pressures, vocal scientists and the changing virus itself. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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Aiming to make CDC nimble, agency director has rankled many
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
Thu,01/20/22-9:17AM , 379 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the top U.S. public health agency has been criticized as too slow to collect and act on new information.

Now, increasingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also being criticized for moving too fast.
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A 62-year-old nursing home resident receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A study released on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination in New York and California concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Prior infection, vaccines provide best protection from COVID
By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press
Wed,01/19/22-12:12PM , 418 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A new study in two states that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
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