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Afrocentric health-promotion approach can help increase vaccination rates among Black people

To increase vaccination rates among Black people who are at high risk of COVID-19, employing an Afrocentric health-promotion approach that is centered on respecting patients' values and perspectives can help.

9 Aug 2021

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse practitioner takes covid shots house to house in Puerto Rico

Abigail Matos-Pagán entered a bright-blue house in Mayagüez earlier this summer and was met by Beatriz Gastón, who quietly led the way to her mother's small room. Matos-Pagán had come to provide a covid-19 vaccine for Wildelma Gastón, 88, whose arthritis and other health concerns confine her to bed.

9 Aug 2021

Injuries mount as sales reps for device makers cozy up to surgeons, even in operating rooms

Cristina Martinez's spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the implant he was ready to put in her back was larger than he wanted to use — and the device company’s sales rep didn’t have a smaller size on hand, according to a report he filed about the operation.

9 Aug 2021

A California bill would limit protests at vaccination sites. Does it violate the first amendment?

A proposal sailing through the California legislature that aims to stop people from getting harassed outside of vaccination sites is raising alarms among some First Amendment experts.

9 Aug 2021

High rates of COVID-19 vaccine motivation among Latinx parents – a single center study

A new study demonstrates high motivation among Latinx parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19.

8 Aug 2021

Availability heuristic plays a role in how physicians make complex testing decisions

Emergency department physicians who saw patients with a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in the lung - were about 15% likelier over the next 10 days to test subsequent patients for the same thing.

8 Aug 2021

Substantial number of U.S. adults experienced financial stress and anxiety even prior to the pandemic

A substantial number of adults in the United States between the ages of 21 and 62 felt anxiety and stress about their personal finances well before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published today.

8 Aug 2021

New CDC-funded community initiative in Georgia leverages local artists as trusted vaccine messengers

To help build confidence in and increase demand for COVID-19 vaccination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is partnering with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and several other organizations on an innovative community initiative leveraging local artists as trusted vaccine messengers.

6 Aug 2021

Education and employment experiences in early adulthood play a role in later life cardiovascular health

New research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found that education and employment experiences in early adulthood contribute to cardiovascular health inequalities in later life, independent of occupation and family income in mid-adulthood.

6 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity from prior infections

In today's MMWR, a study of COVID-19 infections in Kentucky among people who were previously infected with SAR-CoV-2 shows that unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated after initially contracting the virus.

6 Aug 2021

Researchers demonstrate how to improve patient-centered care for sex workers

Sex workers face discrimination within healthcare settings that limit their access to safe care. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago's College of Nursing have recently published a paper demonstrating how patient-centered care for sex workers could be implemented.

6 Aug 2021

Review: Quality improvement studies in Ireland conform to high reporting standards

A review by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in collaboration with the HSE National Quality Improvement Team has found that quality improvement (QI) studies in Ireland over a five-year period conformed to high reporting standards and enhanced multiple elements of healthcare quality.

6 Aug 2021

Learn & Lounge helps AYA patients, survivors to connect with peers and get support

Young cancer patients face unique challenges. That's why the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center started an Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program in 2020.

6 Aug 2021

Low-cost face masks and AC filters are effective against airborne toxins from algal blooms

Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere.

6 Aug 2021

Science academies offer recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness in the future

In the run-up to the summit of the G20 states on October 30 and 31, 2021, in Rome/Italy, the science academies of these countries (Science20 Dialogue), including the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, have published the joint statement "Pandemic preparedness and the role of science".

6 Aug 2021

Online training leverages the influence of religion to prevent intimate partner violence

Domestic violence remains a serious and widespread problem in the U.S., particularly for women from racial or ethnic minorities, who experience higher rates of abuse than the national average.

6 Aug 2021

Déjà vu? Consumers scramble for covid tests in hard-hit areas

Andrea Mosterman, an associate professor of history at the University of New Orleans, was already dismayed that she had to wait three days to secure a covid-19 test at a Walgreens near her home after being in contact with someone who had tested positive.

6 Aug 2021

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Afrocentric health-promotion approach can help increase vaccination rates among Black people

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse practitioner takes covid shots house to house in Puerto Rico

Injuries mount as sales reps for device makers cozy up to surgeons, even in operating rooms

A California bill would limit protests at vaccination sites. Does it violate the first amendment?

High rates of COVID-19 vaccine motivation among Latinx parents – a single center study

Availability heuristic plays a role in how physicians make complex testing decisions

Substantial number of U.S. adults experienced financial stress and anxiety even prior to the pandemic

New CDC-funded community initiative in Georgia leverages local artists as trusted vaccine messengers

Education and employment experiences in early adulthood play a role in later life cardiovascular health

COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity from prior infections

Researchers demonstrate how to improve patient-centered care for sex workers

Review: Quality improvement studies in Ireland conform to high reporting standards

Learn & Lounge helps AYA patients, survivors to connect with peers and get support

Low-cost face masks and AC filters are effective against airborne toxins from algal blooms

Science academies offer recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness in the future

Online training leverages the influence of religion to prevent intimate partner violence

Déjà vu? Consumers scramble for covid tests in hard-hit areas

Pharmacies face extra audit burdens that threaten their existence

Hard lessons from a city that tried to privatize public health

Clarity on covid count: Pandemic’s toll on seniors extended well beyond nursing homes

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