Public health messaging should focus on the benefits to the individual of a COVID vaccine rather than broader societal gains when attempting to overcome vaccine hesitancy, new research from academics at the University of ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Reluctance or refusal to get jabbed against COVID-19 infection (vaccine hesitancy), may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home, suggests research ...
Feb 1, 2022
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People from racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and the United Kingdom were up to three times as likely to report being unsure or unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccine during the initial vaccine rollout compared ...
Feb 1, 2022
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The African continent is on course to reach its target of vaccinating at least 70% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on ...
Jan 27, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic took a deadly toll on adults in the United States for two years while largely sparing children from adding to the dire statistics.
Jan 22, 2022
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New research says lack of trust in public sector officials has played a key role in low uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations amongst groups termed "high risk."
Jan 20, 2022
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As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise across Canada, it is clear that we're far from "out of the woods" with this pandemic. While much is still unknown about the Omicron variant, it seems very likely that existing vaccines ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Worldwide, vaccine hesitancy is proving to be a stumbling block to securing much needed protection against the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Now, researchers from Japan have uncovered specific factors that ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Vaccine hesitancy could be reduced by providing health information in a foreign language, a new study finds.
Jan 10, 2022
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In examining why vaccination-hesitant people may change their minds and accept a COVID-19 vaccine, a great deal of scholarly attention and fact-checking has been devoted to what beliefs individuals hold about the coronavirus, ...
Dec 22, 2021
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