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Deb Balzer (@DebBalzer)

Deb Balzer is a Senior Communications Specialist at Mayo Clinic. 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.

Mayo Clinic will begin offering booster vaccines

This week, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine six months following completion of the initial[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 24, 2021
High-dose flu vaccines: How are they different from other flu vaccines?

High-dose flu vaccines are flu vaccines that are approved for people age 65 and older and given by injection. Like other flu vaccines, the high-dose[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 21, 2021
West Nile virus cases reported across the US

Cases of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne illness, have been reported across the U.S. It's the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S.,[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 21, 2021
Mayo Clinic Minute: When spine surgery is the answer

Having a back injury can put a person's life on hold. While most people can find relief through nonsurgical methods like physical therapy, steroid injections[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 20, 2021
Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you wash your raw meats and vegetables before cooking?

When it comes to food safety in the kitchen, it's important to keep your work area clean from bacteria and the possibility of cross-contamination. It's[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 17, 2021
Mayo Clinic Minute: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease brought on by tobacco

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a progressive group of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that make it hard to breathe. Millions of[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 16, 2021
COVID-19 variants mu, delta and what to know about mutations

A new COVID-19 variant called B.1621, or mu, by the World Health Organization is being monitored by scientists. While this variant is making news, it is[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 10, 2021
Being vaccinated for COVID-19 means protection against more than severe illness

Vaccination remains the best protection from COVID-19 infection. Like most vaccines, getting vaccinated for COVID-19 is not 100% perfect. But if vaccinated people do get[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 7, 2021
Tick-borne infections and the complicated role of climate change

More cases of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses continue to be reported as the geographic range of ticks expands in North America. A changing[...]

By Deb Balzer • August 26, 2021
Mayo Clinic to administer an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine to moderately, severely immunocompromised people 12 and older

The emergency use authorization for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines has been updated to include a third dose for moderately or severely immunocompromised people[...]

By Deb Balzer • August 16, 2021
Mayo Clinic to offer COVID-19 vaccination walk-in clinics in Rochester Aug.17-28

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, continues to offer COVID-19 vaccination walk-in clinics for patients, visitors and staff. Anyone 12 and older can attend these walk-in[...]

By Deb Balzer • August 16, 2021
COVID-19 booster for immunocompromised people: What does the term mean?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved emergency use authorization (EUA) for a third COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster shot of the Pfizer and[...]

By Deb Balzer • August 13, 2021
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