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Back in February, when COVID-19 vaccines were still largely restricted to the most vulnerable among us, public health leaders were determined to send a unified message: don’t worry about the differences between vaccines. “All three are really pretty good, and people should go with the one that is best available to them,” Anthony Fauci called […]
from Sheril cherry tree, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University The conversation, CC BY-ND COVID-19 has made food access difficult for many communities. From Michigan State University in the fall of 2021 Survey on nutritional literacy and engagement, 31% of the people we spoke to said the pandemic had affected their household’s […]
from Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Virginia Elementary school children in the United States will soon be given another layer of protection to keep them safe from COVID-19. On October 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 years old February 26, 2021, in […]
October 15, 2021 – An FDA advisory committee voted 19-0 on Friday to approve second doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to boost immunity. It was the second vote in as many days to support a change in the schedule for a COVID vaccine. In its vote, the committee said that boosters could […]
from Richard Bloomer, University of Memphis I am a fitness enthusiast. I also stick to a nutrient-rich, “clean” diet, which means I minimize my sugar consumption and eat a lot of whole foods to optimize my health. You may be wondering how effective such a diet and exercise plan would be in fighting COVID-19, as […]
from Brian Peppers, University of West Virginia People are born pretty helpless and still have a lot to develop. And just as you need to learn to walk, so too must your immune system learn to defend itself against infection. Over time, your immune system matures through various stages, much like you progressed from crawling […]
Oct. 21, 2021 – Millions of American adults are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster after the CDC approved Thursday, which also kicked off vaccine mixing for the first time. A panel of experts advising the CDC on Thursday weighed who should get booster vaccines after their Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Both […]
The COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project (CVEEP) was founded in December 2020 by the Alliance for Aging Research, HealthyWomen, and the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc. The project consists of more than 200 leading organizations that include patients, providers, employers and public health organizations. This group has convened a dialogue between […]
By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Rural Americans are more than twice as likely to die from Covid as their urban counterparts – a gap health experts say is likely to widen as access to health care shrinks for a population that tends to be older, sicker, heavier, poorer and less vaccinated . During the […]
This is, in a way, a mea culpa. I’ve been reporting on the COVID-19 vaccines for about a year, a task that kept me teaching how immunity boosting vaccinations work and why. The recordings are new and the immunology is complex. So, like so many others in journalism and science, I turned to analogies to […]