Psychology & Psychiatry
Having options can lower vaccine hesitancy, finds research
Consumers love having choices, even when it comes to vaccines, according to new research from the University of Oregon.
Apr 15, 2024
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Medical economics
Study underlines role of past injustices in medical mistrust
Black Americans living in Tuskegee, Alabama, closer to the location of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, were much slower to get their COVID-19 vaccines compared to white neighbors, according to a new study by University ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Medications
Who benefits from direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising?
A new study co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist reveals the value of government vaccine recommendations to drugmakers, as well as potential benefits of advertising pharmaceuticals directly to consumers—a ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Health
Trust in NHS advice key to COVID vaccine uptake, study finds
People's trust in the NHS was linked to increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic, a study suggests.
Feb 13, 2024
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Vaccination
First all-UK study of 67 million people reveals consequences of missed COVID-19 vaccines
The first research study of the entire UK population highlights gaps in COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Between a third and a half of the populations of the four UK nations had not had the recommended number of COVID vaccinations ...
Jan 15, 2024
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Medical economics
A universal coronavirus vaccine could save billions of dollars if ready before next pandemic, study suggests
What if scientists had developed a universal coronavirus vaccine in the years prior to 2020 so that it was available at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? A universal coronavirus vaccine targets parts of the virus that are ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Immunology
Research shows that being overweight hampers the body's immune response to SARS-CoV-2
University of Queensland-led research shows being overweight can impair the body's antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not to the protection offered by vaccination.
Dec 3, 2023
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Pediatrics
US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever
The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Nov 9, 2023
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Vaccination
Vaccine confidence falls as belief in health misinformation grows: Survey
Americans have less confidence in vaccines to address a variety of illnesses than they did just a year or two ago, and more people accept misinformation about vaccines and COVID-19, according to the latest health survey from ...
Nov 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists find that external factors impact vaccine belief-behavior predictions
Building on a new mathematical model that represents vaccine hesitancy as a belief that can influence whether parents vaccinate their children, Nicole Creanza, assistant professor of biological sciences, and postdoctoral ...
Oct 6, 2023
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