I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis' Hamilton Elementary School in the spring of 1955. We were waiting for our first injection of the new polio vaccine.
Jan 14, 2021
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Public health officials have warned for months of the possibility of a serious post-Thanksgiving surge in COVID-19 cases. If it does happen, a Harvard epidemiologist says, the signs should become apparent this week, and she ...
Dec 3, 2020
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As the world approaches the end of the second year of the COVID-19 epidemic, vaccine distribution and uptake remains a challenge.
Nov 15, 2021
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Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don't know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the injured are blocked from suing and steered instead to an obscure ...
Dec 22, 2020
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The role that race should play in deciding who gets priority for the COVID-19 vaccine was put to the test Thursday in Oregon, but people of color won't be the specific focus in the next phase of the state's rollout as tensions ...
Jan 29, 2021
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In February 2021, as the first COVID-19 vaccinations were rolled out to healthcare workers in South Africa, there was a renewed sense of hope in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. At the time there were concerns around vaccine ...
Dec 8, 2021
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(HealthDay)—After a week of brutal winter storms that stalled the country's coronavirus vaccination rollout, U.S. health officials said Thursday that vaccination efforts will have to ramp up rapidly as soon as the bad weather ...
Feb 19, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Want to live like you did in the carefree days before the pandemic?
Feb 4, 2021
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IBDs, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic conditions that occur when the intestinal immune system becomes overreactive, causing chronic diarrhea and other digestive symptoms. In a published survey ...
Jun 9, 2021
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A committee of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is readying a report with recommendations for equitable distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. In this Q&A, bioethicist Dr. Nicole Hassoun of Binghamton ...
Sep 18, 2020
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