The Delta variant has upended the case for extreme caution before approving vaccines for children, so why is the FDA delaying approval by another 6 months? — This week, the New York Times reported that the FDA has asked Moderna and Pfizer to double the size of their COVID-19 vaccine trials in children under age 12. Pfizer and Moderna will now have to recruit and vaccine thousands more children, and then track them for an additional 4–6…

Debunking Three Common Myths about Kids and COVID Widespread claims that kids are “naturally immune” are not backed by data. The FDA recently approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12–15-year-olds. But now that these adolescents are eligible, will their parents encourage them to get vaccinated? Recent articles in the Atlantic and New York Times may have undermined vaccination rates among kids by claiming…

It was inevitable that we would dread the return the daily grind of being objectified. Vaccinations are picking up and many experts are predicting a return to near normal by summer. …

Delays in testing Covid-19 vaccines in children place us all at risk. — Right now, we can’t vaccinate our children against Covid-19 because there is not enough supply to cover kids and adults. Because kids tend to have mild illness, at least compared to adults, they are understandably stuck at the bottom rung of the priority ladder. But in six months time we…

As I wandered unmasked through an indoor mall thronging with bare-faced customers in August, their mouths and noses flashing past me in astonishing variety and abundance, I noticed my pandemic-induced agoraphobia was already fading. We were not flouting any COVID-era rules. Our family had arrived in Norway in early August…

Rare but devastating⏤Kerry’s preeclampsia story When I recently reached out on social media to find women who had experienced preeclampsia, Kerry was one of the first to reply. A sharp, vivacious, and vibrant 36-year-old nurse practitioner, Kerry seems like the last person you’d imagine developing preeclampsia, a poorly understood pregnancy…

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends that many women take a daily aspirin to lower their chances of preeclampsia. But are doctors following these expanded recommendations? — Women carrying twins. Women who begin pregnancy with diabetes, or hypertension, or lupus. African-American women who become pregnant after age 35. What do these different groups of pregnant women have in common?