— Coverage “substantially lags behind that in older children,” researchers say. Credit: Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today February 16, 2023 Through the end of 2022, only 10.1% of children in this age group had received at least one dose of Moderna or Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, and just 5.1% had completed their two- […]
Jessica A. Hutchins* Author informationCopyright and License information Disclaimer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7566313/ Abstract For success in research careers, scientists must be able to communicate their research questions, findings, and significance to both expert and nonexpert audiences. Scientists commonly disseminate their research using specialized communication products such as research articles, grant proposals, poster presentations, and scientific talks. The […]
Credit: Oliver Pieper German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to help those who suffer from serious side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines. For those affected, this is a long overdue step. He received a second vaccination in June 2021 with BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine, hoping that might help to alleviate the symptoms. But it only made matters worse. […]
CREDITS: Timothy Caulfield** https://www.ualberta.ca/law/media-library/faculty-research/hli/media/images/caulfield-debunking-works-vulnerable-caulfield.pdf Abstract A defining characteristic of this pandemic has been the spread of misinformation. The World Health Organization (WHO) famously called the crisis not just a pandemic, but also an “infodemic.” Why and how misinformation spreads and has an impact on behaviours and beliefs is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. There is […]
Society’s best defence against childhood diseases is waning. What needs to be done to help it recover? CREDITS: Michael Eisenstein Illustration by: Credit: Oli Winward Vaccines offer a potent armour against infectious diseases that once carried a heavy toll of mortality and morbidity, particularly among children. Gaps were already forming in that armour in the […]
About 4 in 10 Seniors Have Gotten the New COVID-19 Booster; Many Vaccinated Adults Who Have Not Gotten the Booster are Skeptical of Its Value CREDITS: Craig Palosky Amid controversies around the COVID-19 vaccine and growing distrust of public health authorities, more than four in ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, and a third of parents, […]
Parents’ Hesitancy to Vaccinate Their 5–11-Year-Old Children Against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: Predictors From the Health Belief Model CREDITS: ORIGINAL RESEARCH article, Front. Public Health, 30 March 2022 Sec. Children and Health , https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.842862 ADDITIONAL CONTENT & REFERENCES The Report Data exploring parents’ hesitancy to vaccinate their 5–11-year-old children against COVID-19, and associated factors, is […]
