The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency, but viral threats are still present. Experts discuss the new COVID boosters and the lessons we haven't learned. The U.S. health care system's inequitable distribution is highlighted.
This was the year a lot people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still with us and there are lessons we still haven't learned.Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters.Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters.
In spring 2023, COVID hospitalizations and deaths hit their lowest levels since the start of the pandemic. Masks came off and schools and some workplaces were back in person. The nation emerged from the three-year COVID nightmare – and entered a tentative, new normal.in May, the U.S. health care system reverted to the way it usually works: People's health insurance, or lack of it, once again dictates their access to COVID-related tests, vaccines and soon – in 2024 –, who took the helm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July."So when we go back to the 'normal course of business,' it doesn't make for the equitable distribution of thing
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