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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.

COVID-19 pill gets advisory panel approval

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • December 1, 2021
HIV research provided foundation for COVID-19 research

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • November 30, 2021
Preventing, treating COVID-19 infection

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • November 22, 2021
Quit smoking, prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • November 18, 2021
Mayo Clinic Minute: Fighting influenza

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • November 16, 2021
Mayo Clinic COVID-19 vaccination plan for children

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • November 3, 2021
COVID-19 rash in kids and adults

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • November 2, 2021
Emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines

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[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 26, 2021
Mayo Clinic Minute: Mammograms, COVID-19 vaccines and timing

If you are due for your annual breast cancer screening and vaccinations, including vaccinations for flu and COVID-19, you may want to consider timing to[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 25, 2021
Mayo Clinic to offer COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Rochester

Learn where you can get initial and booster vaccinations, and third doses, Oct. 22- Dec. 3 Mayo Clinic in Rochester will offer COVID-19 vaccine clinics for patients, visitors[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 22, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination plan for kids 5-11

President Biden has released his rollout plan for COVID-19 vaccines in anticipation of approval to use the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5–11 as part of an emergency use[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 21, 2021
Mayo Clinic Minute: High- vs. low-risk Halloween ideas

It can be a balancing act trying to figure out what's safe for your children, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and keeping them happy. [...]

By Deb Balzer • October 21, 2021
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