Gerontology & Geriatrics
CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a COVID shot this spring: A geriatrician explains
In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with COVID-19.
Mar 17, 2024
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News tagged with vaccine rollout
Vaccination
More than 7 million Americans have gotten the new COVID shots
Following a rocky roll-out, more than 7 million Americans have now gotten the newly updated COVID vaccines.
Oct 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Extroverts more likely to resist vaccines, study shows
Which types of personalities were more hesitant about COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic's peak? Extroverts—according to a new study on more than 40,000 Canadians.
Aug 2, 2023
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Medical economics
Risky investment choices, not COVID, put US hospitals in the red, argues researcher
As the U.S. takes steps to move past the pandemic, its health care system is in a fragile financial state. At the end of 2022, about half of U.S. hospitals were in the red–making it the worst year for the industry since ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First-line immune defenses against COVID-19 are short-lived and may explain reinfection
A new study finds that antibodies produced in the nose decline nine months after COVID-19 infection, while antibodies found in the blood last at least a year.
Dec 19, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers recommend future pandemic responses account for ethnicity, social factors
Findings from a disease model developed by a research team at Iowa State University may help public health officials evaluate and improve strategies for the next pandemic.
Oct 7, 2022
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Vaccination
Six lessons from South Korea's successful COVID-19 vaccine roll out
South Korea had administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses per 100 people than other developed countries by the end of March 2022. A new article published in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology presents six pivotal lessons ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID vaccines averted infection in 10% of patient-facing healthcare staff during second wave
The rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout from December 2020 averted infection in a large proportion of NHS hospital workers in England during the second wave of the pandemic, suggests research published by The BMJ today.
Jul 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long lines in New York for monkeypox vaccine
On a hot Sunday afternoon in New York, the epicenter of the US monkeypox outbreak, a long line of men aged 20 to 40 wait for a vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones against the virus.
Jul 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More equitable vaccine coverage could have prevented over 250 COVID-19 deaths in Chicago
A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine has found that 255 COVID-19-related deaths could have been prevented during the Alpha and Delta waves had vaccine coverage been more equitable across 52 of ...
Jun 9, 2022
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