It's been in the news this week that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is out sick with shingles. Shingles is a form of the chickenpox virus (varicella zoster) that reappears typically in later adulthood in people who've already had chickenpox. About 1 in 3 adults get it. While some cases are mild, with skin itching that lasts a few days, at least 1 in ( Read more... )

It's been almost 24 hours (technically 22 at the moment) since I got bivalent Covid booster and flu shots yesterday just before lunchtime. I wondered how series my side effects would be as this time I got the Moderna shot, which anecdotally my friends have said hits harder than the Pfizer shot. Well, now I know... and the answer is the side effects ( Read more... )

Just before lunch today I got my Covid bivalent booster shot, my 5th shot overall, along with a flu shot. As I check back through my blog I see that I got a booster and a flu shot at pretty much this time a year agoI have no side effects from the shots yet. In the past side effects have hit me around 18 hours post-shot, so I figure I'll be feeling ( Read more... )

The bivalent coronavirus booster shot has been available for a few weeks now. It's updated to provide better protection to the omicron strain. I've made an appointement to get my booster shot late next week. This will be my 5th shot overall. I'll get my annual flu shot, too, while I'm there.

As with my previous coronavirus booster I thought about ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon I got my second Covid-19 vaccine booster. I planned the shot two weeks ago after deciding not wait. It's my 4th shot total ( Read more... )

Over the last week I've been pondering whether to run or walk to get my second Covid-19 booster shot. Vague to non-existent guidance from the CDC and FDA have not helped. Recommendations from experts interviewed by the media (typically leading academics in medicine and public health) are to consider one's own risk level within the category of being ( Read more... )

While the news about Covid case rates has been ho-hum the past few weeks the big news from last week is a second booster shot. On March 28 the FDA and CDC approved second booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for people 50+ and those with weakened immune systems ( Read more... )

Monday I got two vaccine shots. Not, not the Coronavirus vaccine- I got those months ago. These were the shingles vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine ( Read more... )

After writing this morning about how Moderna and J&J Covid-19 vaccines are now approved for booster shots in the US I reminded Hawk to check for appointments to get her booster. When she looked Thursday night it was too soon after the CDC's approval; clinics hadn't updated their systems to provide shots under the new policy yet.

This morning ( ( Read more... )

The CDC approved Covid-19 booster shots for the Moderna and J&J vaccines Thursday night. Approximately 100 million Americans are now eligible for a booster. Example news coverage: CNBC article 23 Oct 2021; CNN.com article 21 Oct 2021.

Eligibility differs by which shot or shots a person got originally, though. For the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna ( Read more... )