Should you wear a mask on a plane, bus or train when there’s no mandate?
Masking may no longer be required on mass transit, but you can always choose to still wear a mask.
Coronavirus COVID-19
Denver International Airport no longer requiring masks for travel
Denver International Airport is no longer requiring passengers to wear facial coverings after a federal judge struck down the federal mask mandate for...
Why we can’t ‘boost’ our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic for the long term
In the United States, COVID vaccines have failed to provide long-term protective immunity to prevent breakthrough infections - cases of COVID-19 infection that...
Do you need a second booster shot?
In late March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines for vulnerable populations in the U.S., a move that...
Should we worry about the XE variant? Maybe not yet, but ‘hybrids’ will become more frequent as COVID evolves
A new hybrid COVID-19 variant dubbed XE has sparked fresh concerns recently.
How the ‘test to treat’ initiative aims to get ahead of the next wave of COVID-19
In his March 2022 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden introduced the "test to treat" initiative, a program designed to help reduce barriers to getting...
Tomorrow’s COVID safety guidelines will be different from today’s – but that doesn’t mean yesterday’s were wrong
Typically, meaningful changes to federal health policy happen at a glacial pace. But the modern world has never faced a public health crisis that has changed as...
CDC recommends fourth Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 doses for people over 50
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a fourth dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people 50 and older and a fifth dose...
COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children may be inching closer to authorization
For some parents of young children, the wait for COVID-19 vaccines has been long and agonizing.
21 states join lawsuit to end federal mask mandate on airplanes, public transportation
Twenty-one states have filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's continued mask mandate on public transportation, including...
How does the COVID-19 prevention drug Evusheld work and who should receive it?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 antibody drug Evusheld on Dec. 8, 2021.
Vaccine hesitancy is complicating physicians’ obligation to respect patient autonomy during the COVID-19 pandemic
As new variants of COVID-19 emerge and pose threats to everyone's health, doctors are struggling with their obligation to "do no harm" and their obligation to...
Even after lockdowns eased, pandemic depression persisted across social classes according new study
A year into the pandemic, depression rates remained high, despite hopeful signs of reducing infections and deaths.
Airline CEOs ask Biden to lift mask mandate
A group of 10 major airlines are now calling on President Joe Biden to lift the federal transit mask mandate, one of the last remaining mask mandates in the country.
Kiowa County Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Update - March 23, 2022
DATA Cases 317 Hospitalizations 13 Deaths 7** *These are cumulative totals as of 03/22/2022 4:00PM **Deaths in people with a recent positive COVID test
What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?
A new omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19, BA.2, is quickly becoming the predominant source of infections amid rising cases around the world.
