Now that additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are available for people ages 50 and older, you might be wondering if you should get one.
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon writes for UCHealth Today. She is a proud Colorado native. She attended Colorado College, thanks to a merit scholarship from the Boettcher Foundation, and worked as a park ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park during summer breaks from college. She is also a storyteller. She loves getting to know UCHealth patients and providers and sharing their inspiring stories. Katie spent years working as a journalist at the Rocky Mountain News and was a finalist with a team of reporters for the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of a deadly wildfire in Glenwood Springs in 1994. Katie was the first reporter in the U.S. to track down and interview survivors of the tragic blaze, which left 14 firefighters dead. She covered an array of beats over the years, including the environment, politics, education and criminal justice. She also loved covering stories in Congress and at the U.S. Supreme Court during a stint as the Rocky’s reporter in Washington, D.C. Katie then worked as a reporter for an online health news site before joining the UCHealth team in 2017. Katie and her husband Cyrus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, have three children. The family loves traveling together anywhere from Glacier National Park to Cuba.
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0Yes, Unfortunately, We Should Be Concerned About the New BA.2 Omicron Variant, Says CO Doc
The BA.2 variant, the newest COVID-19 strain, continues to account for a high percentage of cases in the United States. Is BA.2 a concern? And how worried should you be?
Everything You Need To Know About Rapid, At-Home COVID-19 Tests
Millions of Americans are ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests now and these rapid tests soon will be arriving in mailboxes.
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Omicron cases in Colorado are surging with staggering infection rates and eye-popping positivity results — well over 25% for those seeking COVID-19 tests.
CO Virologist Thinks Vaccine Will Be ‘Very Effective’ Against Omicron COVID Variant
There are still more questions than answers about the newest variant of COVID-19, omicron. UCHealth experts explain what omicron is and what you can do to stay safe. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth. Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant, is here.
Everything You Need To Know About COVID Booster Shots
Millions more people across the U.S. now may get COVID-19 booster vaccine doses after leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) authorized mix-and-match vaccines and provided long-awaited guidance to people who received Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines.
CO Researchers Seek Toddlers & Babies As Young As 6 Months for Next COVID Vaccine Trial
COVID-19 vaccines will be tested on babies as young as six months by the end of October in Colorado as clinical trials for life-saving COVID-19 vaccines continue.
Get Vaccinated to Protect ‘Sick People and Our Children,’ Says Colorado Doc
COVID-19 hospitalizations at UCHealth facilities have spiked to levels as high as the first peak of the pandemic in the spring of 2020 when the coronavirus first rampaged around the U.S. and the world.
How Do You Know If You’ve Got a COVID Breakthrough Infection?
Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 are rare, but on the rise as the highly transmissible delta variant causes a dramatic increase in positive cases of COVID-19.
“Claims Linking COVID-19 Vaccines to Infertility Are Unfounded,” Say Experts
Misinformation about infertility and COVID-19 vaccines has prevented countless young women from getting vaccines.