Get the latest COVID-19 news from infectious diseases expert Mark Rupp, MD, including COVID-19 case rates, types of variants circulating and vaccine updates.
On March 29, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration authorized a second booster (fourth dose) of mRNA vaccines (Pfizer or Moderna) for people 50 years and up. The same day, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the same.
As of today, there’s no one treatment for long COVID. It’s a complicated illness that can affect multiple areas of the body. Many symptoms can come and go. What’s more, one person’s long COVID course can look very different from another’s.