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As the monkeypox emergency subsides, the city has stopped placing vaccine vans outside nightclubs and sex parties. Vaccinations will still be available at sexual health clinics.

The Health Department confirmed 275 vaccines were administered Thursday at the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic, with all appointments for the vaccine already booked through Monday.

Was the CDC’s Guidance on Ditching Masks Too Hasty—Especially for Folks Living With HIV? Courtesy of the subject Mary Glenn, 67, of Jacksonville, Florida, has been living with HIV since 1990. She was also among those first vaccinated against COVID in early February, because she was part of the Pfizer vaccine trial. In fact, Glenn was one of the nearly 10% of trial participants who were Black. (Black folks have historically been underrepresented in all sorts of clinical trials.) Now, Glenn is enjoying the relative freedom that comes with being fully vaccinated. “I’m taking my mask off ...

I Got the COVID Vaccine! Now Can I Go Back to Normal? (The Short Answer Is No.) Sanja Radin via iStock People, we’re finally getting there! As we trudge into 2021, COVID-19 vaccines are finally rolling out nationwide—albeit at an incredibly slow rate, which many say reflects the Trump administration’s failure to plan and scale up preparation last year. And of course now we have the worry of that new, highly transmissible COVID variant first found in South Africa showing up in the U.S., and the possibility that existing vaccines may be less effective against it. Gulp.