• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

A new COVID vaccine is here, but those at greatest risk may not get it as outreach drops off
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends new COVID-19 booster vaccines for all — but many who need them most won’t get them. About 75 percent of people in the United States appear to have skipped last year’s bivalent booster, and nothing suggests uptake will be better this time…#democrats #gregggonsalves #yaleuniversity #tylerwinkelman #hennepinhealthcare #minneapolis #complicating #cdc #bridgeaccessprogram #petermaybarduk
Source: Reuters: Health - September 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among Black women: A qualitative study
CONCLUSIONS: Current public health strategies that are intended to promote COVID vaccination are failing Black communities. Participants highlighted the need for clear and culturally appropriate communication about COVID-19 and the vaccines that is aligned with their communities' values and addresses misinformation. The critical insights we have gained by listening to these communities should be used to develop novel vaccination policy approaches.PMID:37633750 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.074
Source: Vaccine - August 26, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Inari S Mohammed Rachel Widome Kelly M Searle Source Type: research

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 6th August 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/telehealth-bolsters-maternal-care-outcomes-patient-satisfactionTelehealth Bolsters Maternal Care Outcomes, Patient SatisfactionNew research shows that implementing telehealth, either in place of or as a supplement to in-person care, led to good clinical outcomes and high patient satisfaction in maternal care.ByMark MelchionnaJu...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.                                                     Michel de MontaigneBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Jul 13 2022 (IPS) During the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and fascination how the pandemic swept over the world, while comparing ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts COVID-19 Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Heterogeneity in Spatial Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination across 16 Large US Cities
Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Apr 22:kwac076. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac076. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDifferences in vaccination coverage can perpetuate COVID-19 disparities. We explored the association between neighborhood-level social vulnerability and COVID-19 vaccination coverage in 16 large US cities from the beginning of the vaccination campaign in December 2020 through September 2021. We calculated the proportion of fully vaccinated adults in 866 zip code tabulation areas (ZCTA) of 16 large US cities: Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose (CA); Chicago (IL); Indianapolis (IN); Minneapolis (...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - April 22, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Usama Bilal Pricila H Mullachery Alina Schnake-Mahl Heather Rollins Edwin McCulley Jennifer Kolker Sharrelle Barber Ana V Diez Roux Source Type: research

Heterogeneity in Spatial Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination Across 16 Large US Cities
AbstractDifferences in vaccination coverage can perpetuate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disparities. We explored the association between neighborhood-level social vulnerability and COVID-19 vaccination coverage in 16 large US cities from the beginning of the vaccination campaign in December 2020 through September 2021. We calculated the proportion of fully vaccinated adults in 866 zip code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) of 16 large US cities: Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, all in California; Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York, New York; Phi...
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology - April 22, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

It ’ s time for a change
Much has been written about the challenges frontline health care workers have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Long hours, excessive death, and fear for one’s own safety and the welfare of family and colleagues have been a consistent theme over the past 22 months. Physicians and nurses started as heroes, but due to strained politics and social-media misuse, they’re now branded by a substantial swath of society as pariahs and purveyors of a medical hoax. The timing of this pandemic could not have been worse: According to the Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2021, 79% of physicians stated their...
Source: The Hospitalist - March 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Business of Medicine COVID-19 Hospital Medicine Practice Management Source Type: research

Colleges of Medicine take lead on anti-racism in medicine initiatives
Solutions require complex, sustained efforts to move the mountain of historical racism in medicine and the systemic ways it may exhibit itself today. David Mogollon Today University of Arizona Health Sciencesgettyimages-56959507-hero-web.jpg The COVID-19 pandemic further exposed inequities in social determinants of health and wide disparities in health care delivery that are in part tied to historic issues of racism in medicine. Getty ImagesHealthBlack History MonthCollege of Medicine - PhoenixCollege of Medicine - TucsonDiversityInclusion Media contact(s)Stacy Pigott University of Arizona Health Sciencesspigott@a...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research

Colleges of Medicine lead initiatives focused on anti-racism in medicine
Solutions require complex, sustained efforts to move the mountain of historical racism in medicine and the systemic ways it may exhibit itself today. David Mogollon Today University of Arizona Health Sciencesgettyimages-56959507-hero-web.jpg The COVID-19 pandemic further exposed inequities in social determinants of health and wide disparities in health care delivery that are in part tied to historic issues of racism in medicine. Getty ImagesHealthBlack History MonthCollege of Medicine - PhoenixCollege of Medicine - TucsonCompassionDiversityInclusion Media contact(s)Stacy Pigott University of Arizona Health Scienc...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research