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Tag: vaccines

  • Kintsugi
  • January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Vaccinated and test positive? What to know about omicron, COVID for this holiday season.

Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY As COVID-19 cases surge, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus, Americans wonder how to approach the holidays a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Five things that must happen to get people vaccinated

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll relea

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

Phase 1a, 1b or 1c? Do You Know Your Coronavirus Vaccine Group?

Group 1a is health care workers and residents and staff of nursing homes, regardless of age. Group 1b is elderly people who are 75 or older and essential frontline workers, i.e. people with jobs in

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial in New Jersey: Here’s what it’s been like since the shot

Lindy Washburn, NorthJersey.com  10/14/2020 On the afternoon of Sept. 22, I became a data point in the search for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. That’s when I received the fir

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020

Effective Flu Shots

4 Things You Can Do to Make Your Flu Shot More Effective Get vaccinated by the end of October for it to be most effective, according to the CDC A study in International Journal of Be

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NY Times

  • Viktor Orban’s Fate Is a Warning Not to Get Too Close to Trump
  • After Cease-Fire, Iranians Are Left to Pick Up the Pieces
  • Stephen Colbert Skewers Trump’s ‘Double-Sided’ Cease-Fire
  • ‘Ketamine Queen’ Sentenced to 15 Years in Matthew Perry’s Overdose Death
  • Clean Energy Team Wins Salt River Project Election in Arizona

NPR

  • The Artemis II crew saw parts of the moon never seen before. Here's what they said
  • What the Artemis II mission might mean for the future of lunar research
  • A 500 million year old fossil could change what we understand about spiders
  • Astronauts suggest naming a moon crater 'Carroll' after their commander's late wife
  • Photos: NASA releases first images from moon flyby

The Progressive

  • The Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Sporting Life
  • Industrial Fish Farms Could Break U.S. Fisheries
  • The Life and Career of Democracy Now! Founder Amy Goodman
  • International Adoptees Living in Limbo
  • Confronting the Truth

FactCheck.org

  • The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’
  • Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers
  • FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran
  • Happy International Fact-Checking Day
  • We Could Win a Webby with Your Vote

Snopes.com

  • Artemis II moon images: Separating fact from science fiction
  • Image claiming to show US airman rescued in Iran is fake. Here's the proof
  • Did Polymarket user bet Trump would praise Allah on Easter?
  • Bunnies, bombs and Biden: What Trump said during 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll
  • Did State Department redirect $1.25B to Trump's Board of Peace? We reviewed the evidence

Tradeoffs

  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom
  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses

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