Study highlights racial, sex disparities in COVID-19 rates
Photo Cred: Andrea Davis/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Black women are dying at significantly higher rates from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) than white men, and disparities in mortality rates among women...
Read MoreFederal health agencies recommend pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine amid clotting reports
Photo Cred: CDC/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are jointly calling for a pause...
Read MoreCDC updates travel guidelines for vaccinated people
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its travel guidelines for individuals fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19),...
Read MorePfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine positive results in adolescents
Photo Cred: Mat Napo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Pfizer and BioNTech’s two-dose novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine showed 100 percent efficacy and robust antibody responses in adolescents ages 12 to 15 years...
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccines 90 percent effective, CDC says
Photo Cred: Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations are 90 percent effective at reducing infections in fully vaccinated people and 80...
Read MoreAstraZeneca says vaccine effective, will seek FDA emergency use
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The AstraZeneca novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine candidate, AZD1222, demonstrated 79 percent efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 percent efficacy at preventing severe...
Read MoreIntegrative Healthcare Symposium announces new dates for 2021 edition
Photo Cred: Integrative Practitioner By Katherine Shagoury The Integrative Healthcare Symposium event organizers announced new dates for its 2021 edition of the in-person conference, produced by Diversified Communications, according to...
Read MoreCDC issues first guidance for vaccinated individuals
Photo Cred: Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury Fully vaccinated individuals can visit each other mask-free, according to the latest guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On...
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