What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time getting free at-home covid tests under the Biden administration’s plan? Yes, seniors. As of Jan. 15, private insurers will cover the cost of eight at-home rapid covid tests each month […]

Omicron's swift rise in the US has led to a serious shortage of a pandemic necessity: at-home COVID-19 tests. And as people scramble to find some at their local pharmacies or online retailers, scammers have stepped up to the plate to sell their own unauthorized versions. In a blog post shared on January 4, the […]

Who is eligible for Paxlovid and molnupiravir? Pfizer's Paxlovid is for adults and children 12 and older (who weigh at least 40 kilograms, or just over 88 pounds). Merck's molnupiravir is for adults only, ages 18 and older. Each medicine may be prescribed for COVID patients with "mild-to-moderate" coronavirus disease and who are at "high […]

Active military medical staff from Scott Air Force Base are keeping their skills sharp through a new collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Between deployments, Air Force personnel from the base’s Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) – including physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists – now have the […]

You might have heard from people who've had them just how painful passing a kidney stone can be. (Or maybe you've even experienced it first-hand.) Now, thanks to a woman who shared a video of a kidney stone that her boyfriend passed, you can get a close-up look at what the pain-inducing stone looks like—and […]

A Minnesota mother of four whose daughter "begged" and "pleaded" for her to get vaccinated has died of COVID-19. Now, the unvaccinated woman's husband—who himself spent more than two weeks in the hospital with the virus—is joining his daughter in urging others to get the vaccine. Jeremy Voss shared in a November 29 Facebook post […]

Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology & Immunology and a BJC Investigator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named an academic editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, a high-impact journal that publishes papers on immunology, cancer biology, vascular biology, microbial pathogenesis, neuroscience […]