Here鈥檚 Why Getting a Covid Shot During Pregnancy Is Important
New data from the CDC shows covid vaccination during pregnancy is key to protecting vulnerable newborns from the virus.
Trump lidera el escepticismo por las vacunas, y el partido lo sigue
Trump ha liderado un cambio radical en la visi贸n de su partido sobre las vacunas, reflejado esta temporada de campa帽a en afirmaciones falsas de candidatos republicanos durante las primarias y en teor铆as conspirativas desconcertantes de voces conservadoras prominentes.
Es cr铆tico vacunarse contra covid durante el embarazo
Casi el 90% de los beb茅s que tuvieron que ser hospitalizados con covid-19 ten铆an madres que no se vacunaron mientras estaban embarazadas, seg煤n nuevos datos publicados por los Centros para el Control y Prevenci贸n de Enfermedades.
Estudio revela que los casos de gripe aviar siguen sin detectarse
Si los casos de gripe aviar no se van informando, los oficiales de salud corren el riesgo de tardar en notar si el virus se vuelve m谩s contagioso.
Florida鈥檚 New Covid Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation
State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo spread more anti-vaccine misinformation by telling Floridians to avoid mRNA vaccines. Vaccine experts and historians can鈥檛 remember another state health leader urging residents to avoid an FDA-approved vaccine.
La nueva gu铆a de Florida sobre los refuerzos de covid es pura desinformaci贸n
Cl铆nicos y cient铆ficos denuncian este mensaje como una t谩ctica de miedo con motivaci贸n pol铆tica que tambi茅n debilita los esfuerzos para proteger contra enfermedades como el sarampi贸n y la tos ferina.
As Interest From Families Wanes, Pediatricians Scale Back on Covid Shots
Pediatricians want to vaccinate kids, but some say they鈥檙e keeping their stockpile of covid vaccines low to avoid being stuck with costly, unwanted shots. They can鈥檛 afford to stock up on costly shots that parents don鈥檛 want.
The New Covid Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want To Rush To Get It.
Although public health officials recommend the newly approved covid vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.
Ya est谩 disponible la nueva vacuna contra covid, pero piensa bien cu谩ndo conviene vacunarte
La Administraci贸n de Drogas y Alimentos ha aprobado una vacuna actualizada contra covid para todas las personas de 6 meses en adelante, lo que renueva un dilema que ahora es anual: 驴Recibir la vacuna ya, con el brote de covid a煤n por todo el pa铆s, o reservarla para la ola invernal?
Shingles Vaccine May Stall Dementia, and Vaccine Mandates Save Lives, Studies Suggest
麻豆女优 Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health C茅line Gounder discussed vaccines in a couple of recent media appearances.
Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests. It’s a Problem for All of Us.
Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, uncounted bird flu infections in a new study. Without labor protection and better health care, cases are bound to quietly rise as the outbreak among livestock blazes in the United States.
Florida鈥檚 RSV Season Has Started, and It鈥檚 Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.
Florida鈥檚 RSV season begins earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to the University of Florida鈥檚 Emerging Pathogens Institute. New vaccines can help, but most older adults, who are vulnerable to RSV, haven鈥檛 gotten them yet.
What the Health? From 麻豆女优 Health News: At GOP Convention, Health Policy Is Mostly MIA
After an assassination attempt last weekend sent former President Donald Trump to the hospital with minor injuries, the Republican National Convention went off with little mention of health care issues. And Trump鈥檚 newly nominated vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, has barely staked out a record on health during his 18 months in office 鈥 aside from being strongly opposed to abortion. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Renuka Rayasam, who wrote June鈥檚 installment of 麻豆女优 Health News-NPR 鈥淏ill of the Month,鈥 about a patient who walked into what he thought was an urgent care center and walked out with an emergency room bill.鈥
Finland Is Offering Farmworkers Bird Flu Shots. Some Experts Say the US Should, Too.
Even with a stockpile of bird flu vaccinations, the federal government is not offering them to those at high risk. Along with testing and measures to prevent spread, vaccinations may protect people and stop the outbreak from becoming a pandemic.
Hay controversia sobre el momento para comenzar a vacunar contra la gripe aviar. Algunos piensan que debe hacerse ya, otros que hay que esperar para analizar la evoluci贸n del virus.
The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic
The spread of an avian flu virus in cattle has again brought public health attention to the potential for a global pandemic. Fighting it would depend, for now, on 1940s technology that makes vaccines from hens鈥 eggs.
El problema del huevo y la gallina en la lucha contra otra pandemia de gripe
La propagaci贸n de un nuevo virus entre m煤ltiples especies en un 谩rea geogr谩fica amplia eleva la amenaza de que m谩s mutaciones puedan producir un virus que se propague de humano a humano a trav茅s de la transmisi贸n a茅rea.
La vacuna contra el sarampi贸n es segura y eficaz. No te dejes enga帽ar por los esc茅pticos
Este a帽o, el 80% de los casos ha sido en personas no vacunadas o con un estatus de vacunaci贸n desconocido. Muchos padres han sido influenciados por una avalancha de desinformaci贸n difundida por pol铆ticos y personalidades en redes sociales, podcasts, y en la TV.
4 Ways Vaccine Skeptics Mislead You on Measles and More
Vaccine scare tactics haven鈥檛 shifted, but more parents are falling for them. Here鈥檚 what the rhetoric gets wrong and how it endangers children.
What the Health? From 麻豆女优 Health News: Too Big To Fail? Now It鈥檚 ‘Too Big To Hack’
Congress this week had the chance to formally air grievances over the cascading consequences of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, and lawmakers from both major parties agreed on one culprit: consolidation in health care. Plus, about a year after states began stripping people from their Medicaid rolls, a new survey shows nearly a quarter of adults who were disenrolled are now uninsured. Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Mary Agnes Carey to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner interviews Caroline Pearson of the Peterson Health Technology Institute.
