Weekly Health Digest: Boosters, COVID-19 Treatment Approval, Critical Blood Shortage, Moderna Vaccine in Children
A summary of important health news from the past week. CDC Signs Off on Moderna, J&J Boosters, Backs Mix n' Match Shots By: Robin Foster This week, the CDC approved Covid-19 booster shots from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Now,…
Hunting for a Dose
Photo by little plant on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo In the weeks leading up to his inauguration, then President-elect Biden announced what at the time seemed like an ambitious goal: to deliver 100 million vaccines during his first 100…
Pregnant People’s Paradox
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Including pregnant women in research is very risky. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable, so their participation in clinical trials could result in pregnancy complications that could harm the unborn…
Weekly Health Digest: COVID-19 Orphans, Handwashing Decline, Vaccines & Pregnant Women, & the Gender Vaccine Gap
A summary of important health news from the past week. The Shadow Orphan Crisis of COVID-19 An article recently published in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that more than 40,000 children in the United States have lost a parent to Covid-19. That…
V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker
If you have recently been vaccinated against COVID-19, or will be soon, you can enroll in V-safe to keep track of any side effects. V-safe, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a mobile post-vaccination health…