Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Giving a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as a seasonal flu vaccine appears safe and effective in the first study to test how people react to getting both shots at the same time. Overall, the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine (Novavax) is showing 89.8% efficacy
While the investigation into cases of myocarditis possibly associated with COVID vaccines proceeds, the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) continue to urge everyone who is eligible for the vaccine to get it without delay. “We remain confident that the benefits of vaccination far exceed the very unusual risks,” the leadership of the AHA/ASA
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Left ’ Dr Richard Baron; Right ’ Dr Dhruv Khullar Before medicine pins the plateauing vaccine uptake solely on hesitancy, health systems should ask themselves what they’re doing to make it easy to get the vaccines and regain patient trust, physician
What you experience in your dreams might feel random and disjointed, but that chaos during sleep might serve a function, according to Erin Wamsley, PhD, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Furman University in Greenville, SC. In fact, evidence uncovered by Wamsley and her team suggests that dreams can prepare the mind for
A mobile Covid-19 vaccination centre outside Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, where case numbers of the Delta variant first identified in India have been relatively high. Peter Byrne | PA Images | Getty Images The delta Covid variant first detected in India has now spread to more than 80 countries, and it continues to mutate as
A mobile Covid-19 vaccination centre outside Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, where case numbers of the Delta variant first identified in India have been relatively high. Peter Byrne | PA Images | Getty Images The delta Covid variant first detected in India has now spread to more than 80 countries, and it continues to mutate as
In this article BIIB The exterior of the headquarters of biotechnology company Biogen in Cambridge, MA is pictured on March 21, 2019. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images A 70-year-old man from Rhode Island on Wednesday was the first to receive an infusion of Biogen‘s newly approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, outside of a
In this article BIIB The exterior of the headquarters of biotechnology company Biogen in Cambridge, MA is pictured on March 21, 2019. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images A 70-year-old man from Rhode Island on Wednesday was the first to receive an infusion of Biogen‘s newly approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, outside of a
WASHINGTON — The shortage of school nurses, high prescription drug prices, mask mandates, and youth suicide were among the topics Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra encountered at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing Wednesday on the HHS budget request for fiscal year 2022. “We have a police officer in every school;
A quarter of the UK population screens positive for a potential injection phobia, raising concerns over COVID-19 vaccine uptake, study reveals In a new large scale study that surveyed just over 15,000 UK adults, a quarter of them presented as likely to experience injection phobia. The same group was twice as likely to report COVID-19