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New study meaures degree that vaccine refusal is linked to mistrust in health authorities

Fri, 2023-10-20 10:12 — mike kraft

Vaccine refusal linked to mistrust in health authorities Chinnapong/iStock CIDRAP

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In a new study in JAMA Network Open, authors review 28,000 interviews on vaccine uptake and hesitancy conducted in Hong Kong and Singapore from February 2020 through January 2022 to determine what was driving vaccine refusal.

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Opinion: A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine

Thu, 2023-10-19 11:41 — mike kraft

A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine Research on what makes people willing to donate organs shows how to motivate many of the unvaccinated this fall Benjamin Rosenberg,Jason Siegel,Katelyn Jetelina Scientific American

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With The New Vaccines People are Better Armed Than Ever Against the Winter viruses

Fri, 2023-10-13 12:03 — mike kraft

The New Vaccines and You: Americans Better Armed Than Ever Against the Winter Blechs - KFF Health News Flu, covid, and respiratory viruses kill thousands of Americans each year, but the latest batch of vaccines could save lives. khnkit KFF Health News

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COVD symptoms include terrific headaches but some people are reluctant to admit infection--UK doctor

Wed, 2023-10-11 11:09 — mike kraft

Doctor warns of ‘horrific’ Covid symptom and how virus is ‘wreaking havoc’ Many people "don't want to admit" their "severe" symptoms are caused by Covid, a doctor said. Fiona Callingham, Damon Wilkinson Express.co.uk

A doctor has warned that more and more patients are experiencing “horrific headaches” after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Bargaining snag in negotiations between Kaiser Permanente and unions for 75,000 striking health workers

Thu, 2023-10-05 10:25 — mike kraft

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Growing anti-vax movement perplexes Biden administration, medical community

Wed, 2023-10-04 09:58 — mike kraft

Biden world at a loss over how to stop the growing anti-vax movement - POLITICO

A Biden administration that vowed to restore Americans’ faith in public health has grown increasingly paralyzed over how to combat the resurgence in vaccine skepticism. ...

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U.S. doctors find themselves navigating political landmines as conservative views criticize recommendations, science

Wed, 2023-10-04 09:46 — mike kraft

As conservative views collide with science, doctors find themselves navigating political landmines Physicians are increasingly at the center of a widening cleave between conservative America and science writ large. Sarah Owermohle STAT

...Scores of practicing physicians and the national groups that represent them are increasingly at the center of a widening cleave between conservative America and science writ large. The gap has doctors young and old questioning how to navigate political landmines and limits in their communities — or whether they should at all.

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Survey indicates resistance to COVID booster shots affected by prior infections, fear of side effects and doubts about usefullness

Tue, 2023-10-03 18:59 — mike kraft

COVID booster uptake hindered by prior infections, fear of side effects Ratana21/iStock CIDRAP

Only 20% of Americans eligible for COVID-19 boosters get them, and today in Vaccine, researchers published the results of a new survey of 2,000 US adults to understand why uptake is so low.

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