Vaccination
Slovakia eyes using Russia's Sputnik V; waits for results
Slovakia's government is set to discuss possible use of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine with Moscow after it was successfully tested in a Hungarian lab.
May 9, 2021
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Pediatrics
Hesitant to get younger kids vaccinated? Vaccinating children is key to ending pandemic
As U.S. health officials prepare to authorize Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in younger children, a new poll shows that less than a third of parents would get their child vaccinated as soon as the shots are ...
May 7, 2021
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Medications
Study reveals how opioid supply shortages shape emergency department prescribing behaviors
When evaluating the opioid crisis, research reveals that external factors—such as the volume of pre-filled syringes, or a default number of opioid tablets that could easily be ordered at discharge for the patient—can ...
May 7, 2021
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Vaccination
US backs plan to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents
US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced support for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, offering hope to poor nations that have struggled to access the life-saving doses.
May 5, 2021
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Vaccination
How to craft the vaccine message for the undecided
More than 140 million Americans have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. Health care and government leaders hope that tens of millions more will do so.
May 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More than 500 Venezuelan healthcare workers have died during pandemic: NGO
More than 500 health workers have died in Venezuela since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a nongovernmental organization said Monday.
Apr 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic disproportionately affects those with disabilities and chronic health conditions, study reveals
David Pettinicchio knows that the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on the mental and financial health of many Canadians. But when, three months into the pandemic last year, the federal government had yet to announce financial ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Water crisis took toll on Flint adults' physical, mental health
Since state austerity policies initiated a potable water crisis seven years ago in Flint, Michigan, public health monitoring has focused on potential developmental deficits associated with lead exposure in adolescents or ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Vaccination
World seeking shot in the arm for vaccine production
The gap between rich and poor countries' access to Covid-19 vaccines grows ever-more glaring by the day—but nobody has yet managed to conjure up the golden solution.
Apr 15, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers size up the mental health toll of the pandemic
For all the attention paid to the short and long-term physical effects of COVID-19, the disease has serious mental health consequences, too.
Apr 13, 2021
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