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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

  • Oil Prices Jump While Stock Futures Inch Up
  • Tractor-Trailer and Light Post Damaged as Plane Lands at Newark Airport
  • Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder
  • ‘City of Glass’ Is Under Threat From Iran War
  • School Cellphone Ban Study Finds Mixed Results

NPR

  • Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
  • Timmy the stranded whale rescued after weekslong effort
  • Why PEPFAR's top scientist stepped down
  • Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline
  • Giving coffee a jolt could help assess its quality

The Progressive

  • In Chile, Latin America’s Latest Far-Right Leader Takes the Stage
  • Waking Up the Possums
  • Let’s Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
  • The Equity Docket: Black Americans’ Stolen Past
  • The Battle to Close Ridglan Farms

FactCheck.org

  • RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
  • Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment
  • Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
  • Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
  • The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety

Snopes.com

  • Declassified CIA document doesn't reveal cure for cancer. Here's what it actually says
  • Did photo of dog chasing bird off cliff inspire 'Looney Tunes' characters? Don't fall for claim
  • Watch out for these 17 fake Trump Truth Social posts
  • Is Trump demanding Zambia hand over mineral rights or lose access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS meds? What we know
  • House will consider resolution condemning Twitch streamer Hasan Piker for alleged antisemitism

Tradeoffs

  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
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