Answering questions about vaccines: in short, they work and they’re safe

By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times Here we are closing in on a year of life altered by the pandemic.  As a practicing dentist I have fielded my share of questions from all points of view. I want to share my perspective on where we are what lies ahead. There are lots of questions about vaccines. Yes, they work. The job of the vaccine is to keep people out of the hospital and...

Inner Nature: COVID-19 and what you need to know

By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times News of the novel coronavirus outbreak has exposed our vulnerability to two things: fear and contagion. I have had conversations with people, admittedly not science-aware types, who think that countries should be providing antibiotics prophylactically, or frustrated a vaccine is taking so long to make. I have heard people conflating the virus that causes COVID-19,...