Deb Balzer (@DebBalzer)
Deb Balzer is a Senior Communications Specialist at Mayo Clinic. She began her career as a TV news producer in Rochester, NY, before joining CONUS Communications, a pioneering national news satellite organization. She also field produced for ABC, CNN, the Rachael Ray Show and Farmers’ Almanac TV. Joining Mayo Clinic in 2015, Deb writes, produces and collaborates on medical stories with Mayo Clinic’s leading experts, providing trusted health and medical information to help patients.
Vaccine drugmaker Pfizer says its studies show three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine neutralized the omicron variant while two doses reduced severity. "These are studies[...]
On Monday, December 6, 2021 Mayo Clinic’s leading experts on COVID-19 treatments and therapeutics. Dr. Andrew Badley and Dr. Raymund Razonable discussed the new antiviral pills for the treatment of COVID,[...]
The emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, omicron, has heightened safety protocols and plans to help people stay safe from illness as researchers and experts[...]
On Thursday, December 2, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., Vice-Chair of Practice, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic addressed testing for the COVID-19 omicron variant[...]
The first oral antiviral medication to treat COVID-19 is one step closer. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has voted to recommend emergency[...]
This year's World AIDS Day will be commemorated on Dec. 1. It was 40 years ago in June that the first scientific report was made describing pneumocystis pneumonia, which later[...]
The U.S. continues to see new cases of COVID-19 infection, according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The No. 1 strategy to[...]
If you smoke and are thinking about quitting, consider that tobacco smoking is a leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a chronic[...]
It's cold and flu season on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The concern this year is the early arrival of respiratory syncytial virus, along[...]
Mayo Clinic is preparing to vaccinate children 5‒11 for COVID-19, with vaccinations to begin Friday, Nov. 5. Mayo Clinic strongly recommends that children 5‒11 be[...]
Rashes on babies and children are common. They can happen for many reasons, including COVID-19 infection. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have[...]
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Advisory Committee is meeting to discuss a request from Pfizer to amend its emergency use authorization to allow the[...]