The COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against severe illness leading to hospitalization and death in all age groups, including children ages 5 to 11.
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Calculating your risk of death or hospitalization if you are infected with the coronavirus requires good data – notably, the total number of infections in the US. Unfortunately, that data is fuzzy.
Canada’s ‘us against them’ COVID-19 strategy is amplifying social division, creating major psychosocial impacts, and has resulted in a significant decrease in trust toward authorities.
A vaccinated person is less likely to get COVID, is less contagious, and is contagious for a shorter time.
It’s unvaccinated people, not the vaccinated, who are most at risk when unvaccinated people are allowed in shops.
If a vaccination certificate becomes mandatory for work and other activities, does that mean vaccination is effectively mandatory too?
Subtly shifting the crafting and delivery of public health messaging on COVID-19 vaccines could go a long way toward persuading many of the unvaccinated to get the shot.
Overlapping vaccine mandates at the federal, state and local levels aims to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans.
President Biden outlined a six-point strategy to confront the pandemic. But two public health scholars believe it would work better with help from states.
A critical care doctor brings a frontlines perspective to the frustration of dealing firsthand with vaccine hesitancy and discusses the limitations of science and medicine.
A medical student answers questions he gets asked at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic: Efficacy versus real-world effectiveness, immune response and how the mRNA vaccines compare to vaccines already in wide use.
Another wave of COVID-19 in Russia is undermining public health and threatens economic recovery. But widespread mistrust of institutions will stymie the country’s efforts to move past the pandemic.
Each dose of Pfizer has a long and complex path involving mixing, storage at temperatures colder than the South Pole and specific protocols that must be followed before it becomes a jab.
Two economists explain what insurers can and can’t do to factor vaccination status into their coverage and rates.
Vaccines can’t provide 100% protection, so it’s not a failure or surprise when some vaccinated people get sick with COVID-19. The good news is their cases are much less likely to be severe or fatal.
Parents face tough choices since young kids can’t yet get COVID-19 vaccinations. An infectious diseases expert offers guidance on navigating summer activities.
The US has split into “two Americas,” one of the unvaccinated and one of the vaccinated. The differences in deaths and hospitalizations between the two populations are striking.
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Research Associate of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Director, Queensland Bioethics Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Professeur associé, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke
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James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects, Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, & Director, Center for Socially Responsible AI, Penn State
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Vice Chancellors Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, RMIT University
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Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Director, Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, Tufts University
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Professor of Law, Baruch College, CUNY
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Clinician-Scientist Trainee, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato
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Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Cornell University
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Associate professor, School of applied politics, Scientific codirector, CIDIS (Centre interdisciplinaire de développement international en santé), Université de Sherbrooke
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz