Looking for Those Free N95 Masks? Good Luck If You Live in New York City.

Text size Employees work as they make respiratory masks in a family-owned medical equipment factory in north Miami. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images The federal government started distributing free N95 masks in pharmacies, grocery stores, and community health centers across the country last week. But if you live in New York City, you … Read more

Good Luck Getting a Free N95 Mask if You Live in New York City

Text size Employees work as they make respiratory masks in a family-owned medical equipment factory in north Miami. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images The federal government started distributing free N95 masks in pharmacies, grocery stores, and community health centers across the country last week. But if you live in New York City, you … Read more

When should a vaccinated person who has recovered from Covid-19 be given a boost? It’s complicated

People who have received Covid-19 vaccinations, but not boosters, and have become infected, face a difficult choice: when to get that extra dose. As the Omicron strain spreads across the US, more vaccinated people are becoming infected than ever before in the pandemic. After recovery, some people are perplexed about what to do next. A … Read more