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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Five hurdles in the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout

The unprecedented push to inoculate the world's population against COVID-19 has got off to a sluggish start, triggering a storm of criticism.

Jan 13, 2021

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California turns stadiums into COVID-19 vaccination centers

California is transforming baseball stadiums, fairgrounds and even a Disneyland Resort parking lot into mass vaccination sites as the coronavirus surge overwhelms hospitals and sets a deadly new record in the state.

Jan 12, 2021

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COVID-19 vaccine can't come too soon for nursing homes, but many questions remain

Lynne Katzmann, whose company runs 22 long-term care facilities in Colorado, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, knows what she will do as soon as a new COVID-19 vaccine becomes available to her staff and residents.

Dec 9, 2020

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Vaccination

Italy offers free virus vaccines, starting with doctors

Italy will give all its citizens free vaccinations against coronavirus starting with doctors and care home residents once the jabs are approved, its health minister said Wednesday.

Dec 2, 2020

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Vaccination

Which Americans will get the COVID vaccine first?

The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines could be approved in a matter of weeks, but who in the United States will get them first?

Dec 1, 2020

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COVID-19 vaccine: Reliable communications needed to beat 'infodemic' of misinformation

A coordinated program to combat anti-vaxx misinformation and encourage confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine is essential if a take-up target of eight in ten people in the UK is to be achieved, according Oxford Professor Melinda ...

Nov 10, 2020

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Framework for equitable allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine released

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today released the final report of a consensus study recommending a four-phased equitable allocation framework that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

Oct 2, 2020

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Care home workers suffer COVID trauma, anxiety: study

Nearly half of care home workers in northern Italy may be suffering from post-traumatic stress or anxiety following the first wave of the pandemic, new research showed Wednesday.

Sep 30, 2020

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Elderly care home outbreaks in England were caused by multiple indepedent infections and also within-home spread

New research presented at this week's ESCMID Congress on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online 23-25 September) shows that outbreaks of COVID-19 in elderly care homes were caused by multiple independent infections from ...

Sep 24, 2020

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