The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of cases challenging the Biden administration’s authority to require workers to get a covid vaccine or be tested for the virus regularly.
Read More »Covid Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys
Babies of covid-infected moms are 60% more likely to be born very prematurely, which increases the danger of infant mortality and long-term disabilities such as cerebral palsy, asthma and hearing loss, as well as a child’s risk of adult disease, including depression, anxiety, heart disease and kidney disease.
Read More »What Do We Really Know About Covid Vaccine Effectiveness?
The politicization of covid vaccines has led to confusion, if not utter fatigue. If you don’t read any further, know this: No vaccine is 100% effective against any disease.
Read More »Texas Health Care Providers See Increased Interest in Birth Control Since State Abortion Ban
In September, when Texas’ near-total abortion ban took effect, Planned Parenthood clinics in the Lone Star State started offering every patient who walked in information on Senate Bill 8, as well as emergency contraception, condoms and two pregnancy tests.
Read More »In Philadelphia, Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Operation Led by College Student
It started as a group of college friends who wanted to help during the pandemic. They had tech skills, so they used 3D printers to make face shields. Then they organized as a nonprofit, Philly Fighting Covid, and opened a testing site in a Philadelphia neighborhood that didn’t have one yet.
Read More »Anti-Vaccine Activists Promote Conspiracy Theories That Covid Shots Are Deadly
Anti-vaccine groups are exploiting the suffering and death of people who happen to fall ill after receiving a covid shot, threatening to undermine the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history.
Read More »Moderna Working on Booster to Protect Against South African Strain of Covid-19
Moderna today announced it is developing a booster shot to proactively address the evolving Covid-19 virus, particularly to guard against a new South African strain.
Read More »How to Transform Mental Health Care in the United States
rand.org – A RAND team identified three goals for transforming the U.S. mental health care system and pinpointed 15 opportunities to drive systemic improvements in ...
Read More »For people with type 1 diabetes, CDC Covid guidelines are puzzling – STAT
statnews.com – The CDC’s vaccine guidelines put people with type 1 diabetes further down the list than people with type 2 diabetes. Tweeted by @statnews ...
Read More »An Appreciation for Vaccines, and How Far They Have Come
nytimes.com – The DTP vaccine teaches us about how brilliant vaccine technology can be, but also how it can be studied and improved over time. ...
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