Vaccination
The COVID-19 vaccine does not cause infertility, as social media myths are claiming
Anti-vaccine activists have been having a field day with the myth that COVID-19 immunizations cause infertility.
Feb 3, 2021
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Biden moves to provide COVID vaccine to pharmacies
The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting to appear.
Feb 2, 2021
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Vaccination
COVID vaccine nationalism: History shows when countries act selfishly, everyone loses
According to one recent estimate, more than half of all vaccines against COVID-19 have been reserved for one-seventh of the world's population. At the time of writing, the UK alone has reportedly secured enough vaccines to ...
Feb 2, 2021
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A universal influenza vaccine may be one step closer
A bad year for flu can mean tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. Getting vaccinated can protect you from influenza, but you have to get the shot every year to catch up with the changing virus and to top up the short-lived ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu and other infections are down, likely due to COVID-19 social distancing
The usual broken bones and other trauma are being treated this winter at the emergency department of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. But one category of medical complaints has all but disappeared: infectious disease.
Jan 25, 2021
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Vaccination
At 106, woman among earliest vaccine recipients in Brazil
Zélia de Carvalho Morley rolled up a sleeve and looked stoically to the side as a nurse slid in a COVID-19 shot. She was one of thousands in Brazil to get the shot on Wednesday, but one of very few old enough to recall an ...
Jan 20, 2021
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Cardiology
What heart and stroke patients should know about COVID-19 vaccines
Experts have a simple answer for heart and stroke patients questioning whether they need a COVID-19 vaccination. That answer: yes.
Jan 15, 2021
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The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer's—using both is Australia's best strategy
On Sunday, federal Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said most Australians will be offered a vaccine from Oxford-AstraZeneca.
Jan 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu cases dramatically low so far this season
Typically, the winter months bring the peak of flu season. As cases of COVID-19 have soared in the U.S. over the past few weeks, however, cases of the flu have remained extremely low.
Jan 13, 2021
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1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study
Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have had severe allergic reactions, US health officials said Wednesday while stressing that the benefits of immunization greatly outweigh ...
Jan 6, 2021
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